Thoughts on readings from thislife.org

The first reading was titled Golden Apple. It talked about how Nancy Updike who worked at the grocery store talked to two guys that played the accordion. Also to an ex couple would come into the store and tell her who was at fault for the two of them breaking up and that it had happened over 3 years ago. In Act two girls and guys go to the Golden Apple to look for someone to be with. Also that cops were in there talking about their daily life and what they watch on tv. I thought this reading was kind of like everyday life in a way for most people. I can imagine older people coming to my job and telling me about there problems in life and about the people that get on there nerves. I thought the part about two girls go to the club being a pretty normal thing today to look for someone to be with. I also can imagine cops taking it easy on there jobs and talking about what they do in there free time instead of the few things they may do in a day while at work.

Then i read My Pen Pal that Andrea had wrote. I thought it was interesting that a man named Ted Widmer talked about two pen pals in The New World. I thought it was very odd that after John Winthrop sent Roger Williams to jail for saying church and state should be seperate that the two of them would be friends and continuely write back to each other. Not every day do you see someone become a friend with them if they have sent that person to jail. Then act one seemed to be strange to me because not every day does a 1o year old girl have a pen pal who is a drug trafficker, and a murderer. If i was her i would definately not stay in contact with that person. The last act i read on the reading was about Janice Powell's husband who was sent to prison for being an abusive husband. It seemed very odd to me that the two communicated through letters for eight years. You would think if you were her you wouldnt want to continue to associate with a man that was abusive to you. What i thought was funny is that she thought they had a better relationship for having this happen.

I thought both readings were interesting and seemed like everyday issues some people have that you don't hear about in the news at all. Very interesting and unique stories in all.