There was a time when long distance was long distance. Last night Janie and Sunny and I had a leisurely visit, Janie and Sunny in faraway Winnipeg, bright daylight, and I in the midnight darkness of Netanya, night envelopping the ripening mangoes and the song of the waves. We chatted and visited, savouring the silence between words, and the jingle of the ice cream truck that sent Sunny running outside for treats. And back again to the screen so that I could share in the yummy ice cream cone. The magical auntie tax. ("Modern technology", Beno just piped in."Soon we won't need people".) The yummiest treat for me is that I can be ordinary with Janie and Sunny. That's extraordinary!!
There was a time when long distance was long distance. Last night Janie and Sunny and I had a leisurely visit, Janie and Sunny in faraway Winnipeg, bright daylight, and I in the midnight darkness of Netanya, night envelopping the ripening mangoes and the song of the waves. We chatted and visited, savouring the silence between words, and the jingle of the ice cream truck that sent Sunny running outside for treats. And back again to the screen so that I could share in the yummy ice cream cone. The magical auntie tax. ("Modern technology", Beno just piped in."Soon we won't need people".) The yummiest treat for me is that I can be ordinary with Janie and Sunny. That's extraordinary!! 
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