Memories

Today Bloganuary asks: “What is the earliest memory you have?”

The question isn’t specific as to time, so I won’t talk about that embarrassing afternoon when I was a little over two hours old and my grandmother picked me up just as I had the urge to use the diaper. If I remember correctly, no one was happy. Instead, I’ll talk about my earliest memory of January 3, 2023, which is of waking up at 2:24 AM and thinking, “Do I really have to drive to and from work in this (two very bad words used here, one ended in “ing” and the other only had four letters)?” The storm is supposed to bring us 3” to 7” of snow today, and another 1” to 3” tonight and then 1” to 3” more tomorrow. That’s a fair chunk of snow.

Here’s a beautiful song from Guy Clark from 2013. He’s singing about memories of his wife of 40 years, Susanna, who had died the year before.