Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Roses

Technology is a wonderful thing.

It enriches our lives, opens up new possibilities and vistas, and makes the impossible possible.

Remember first generation mobile phones that could hardly pass the carry-on baggage size limitations of today? Remember mimeograph machines, the friend of every elementary school teacher? How about your old Commodore 64; pong arcade game; and transistor radios - all marvels of their time.

Life was simpler then, fuller then somehow. We seemed to take more time to smell the roses.

Life is like that in Bristol. Yes we have cutting edge technology - but we have more - a lot more. We still take time to smell the roses - another good reason to live in Bristol.