A SAY NOTHING DAY If you are getting on in years and have been writing about events and happenings most of that time special dates hold strange elements of uncertainty for you.
If, as a reporter, you have a feeling you might like to skip such-and-such a special day this year. After witnessing to a event year after year in whatever form concerns you most. It could be a news item about how this year's observation differs from those of the past, or a feature article dealing with ceremony of previous years, or, if you don't like what has happened in past occasions, could be a crusader of a sort and wake a few people up who think as you do. It make little difference which particular area of our wide media ...if you write for print publication; for radio or television use; magazines, books, tracts, or, as in my particular case at this moment, for an Internet "blog", as it is now being called.
Whatever is written for this date must be special. It must have an aura of exactness about it which makes the writer think it has never been "said" before, well, not in this precise form, of course. You would be shocked if could know the number of television viewers who this very morning has said: "I'm so sick and tired of seeing those two building falling down! Can't they show anything else!?" Whatever is shown, whatever is said is to going to get a mixed reaction. No one thing can be expected to gain over all approval.
Psycho prodders will delve into that type of behave in the future, no doubt, to see why we act as we so often do. There are such reasons but we are not quite ready to acknowledge them as yet.
On days such as today - September 11, 2006 - the day I could write about yesterday with calm assurance is - in a sense "out of bounds" for me.I see such set-aside, exceptionally honored days as a time for seeking and renewing the inspiration and guidance which sets up and controls so much of our lives.
Andrew McCaskey amccsr@adelphia.net 9-11-06 [c370wds]
