Hideouts and Secret Places
Last
quarter I talked about movies and why writers write. In continuance of that
theme, I stumbled across another old movie that brought me to happy tears. It’s
titled Angels in the Outfield, the 1951 version starring Janet Leigh, Paul
Douglas, and Donna Corcoran.
The
movie doesn’t really tie in with this newsletter with the exception of it being
from the past, but I wanted to let you know about it. Speaking of time, on
November 5th, I will turn 72. Of course, that got me to thinking
about the past. I’ve often wondered why certain memories pop into my mind
instead of others, but my propensity toward creating hideouts and secret places
inspired this edition of the newsletter. In particular, years ago while hiding
in such a place, it occurred to me that in the year 2000, I would be 49 years
old. At the time, which would have been around 1958, the thought of being that
old was difficult to conceptualize. Now, it’s difficult to wrap my head around
why a 7-year-old in 1958 would have been thinking about the year 2000.
Then
again, I wasn’t your typical kid. But I got pretty good at creating secret
places. I once constructed an elaborate two-story hideout out of cinderblocks.
My dad had brought home the load of bricks and stacked them in the backyard. I
don’t know what he had intended to do with them, but after they had sat there
for several days, I rearranged them to better suit my needs.
As
time went on, I built treehouses, underground forts, and everything in between,
but at some point, I abandoned physical structures and began to find hideouts
and secret places in my mind. I began to write fiction.
I
know. You thought this newsletter was going somewhere mysterious and
philosophical. Maybe next time.
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