i had a dream

willie loman in arthur miller's "death of a salesman" had a dream inspired by an older salesman willie knew when willie was young. the older salesman would come into a town, check into a hotel, contact his customers, and they would come to his room and do business. that was the man's way of life. willie admired that, and it was his dream to live like that. it did not work out. times got harder, contacts got fewer and sales fell.

i once imagined that the same dream applied to a nylon hose salesperson named anna who always stayed at a hyatt hotel and was known as hose anna in the hyatt, but that is just a little humorous aside.

i have such a dream now. i envision a way of life that keeps me largely occupied now in my old age, living my life largely on the internet. i know those who fairly successfully do so...at least in their retirement. i live in a comfortable senior home and don't always have a lot of contact with the outside world. i only have a cell phone and limited minutes. i do have a car, but very few funds for operations. i look after my invalid mother at another facility and her little dog that lives with a friend nearby. security is tight here, because of the neighborhood; so i don't have a lot of visitors. the people here are nice, but we mostly just see each other at meals. i try to generate a little internet activity withe email, facebook and now this blog. i don't advertise the blog a lot, i don't feel like pushing it, but i would not mind if some responses or comments came in. i'm not trying to be contraversial, just honest to what i think and believe. i tell a number of stories and i record a number of actual dreams. would be glad to hear from just about anyone. further correspondence is always a possibility.