Disconnecting from the Digital World

We Twitter. We blog. We email. We search Technorati and Google. We link. We comment. We immerse ourselves in this digital hive, for some, (me) hoping that the currency of internet fame will somehow translate to the currency of cash. For others (me too) it’s simply a matter of being involved in something larger than themselves, a community that they are a contributing part of… it’s relevance and social capital.

All of these things are good and hold merit. But once in a while it’s important to step back, look around, feel the sun on your face or a crisp breeze…to marvel at small wonders, to listen to water rushing instead of a dreary drone of your computer fan. There is a very special eight-year-old girl in my life, my daughter Marjorie, who teaches me how to reconnect with these things. She teaches me the importance of touching the bark of a tree, climbing rocks and finding that perfect stone. This all happens in our “secret place”.. also known as the kayak put-in on the Potomac River, on the Maryland side, just north of DC.

This is my contribution to Video Blogging Week 2007.

Disconnecting from the Digital World