May 11, 2021
When I was young my grandfather stayed in contact through the post, but rather than send letters expressing the personal, he sent his favorite articles clipped out of the Los Angeles Times. The clippings, which arrived in plain white envelopes, were an expression of what my grandfather found valuable: new scientific discoveries, modern engineering marvels, or anything related to space and flight. At the time, I didn’t have the same zeal for those topics as my grandfather, but I later learned to love reading what other people find fascinating, and eventually took on reading as a hobby before making it a livelihood. As such, although my grandfather’s mail never included an accompanying note, the act of cutting out the articles, stapling the related sections together and putting them in the post spoke volumes about the importance of sharing one’s passions. My grandfather’s newspaper-clipping is admittedly old fashioned, but in like manner I would like to Read more…