Fog and Cellphones, Manomet, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA

A fog bank teases the southeast Massachusetts shoreline, drifting in and out.

No particular reason but, today, I'm thinking about cellphones. Cellphones - a blessing and a curse. The current generation is growing up tethered to electronic devices almost from birth. I wonder if what is gained offsets what is lost?  Why is the priority of incoming text messages or phone calls more urgent and important than what's happening in the present moment? What, after all, is a life well-lived? Is it the number of friends on Facebook? The number of tweets on Twitter? Or, is it learning to enjoy the simple passing of time, experiencing the sights and sounds and senses that "real" life has to offer?

Have you ever been at a service counter when the employee made you wait while he/she answers the phone?  How is that?  How have we evolved to a place where the phone or text message has somehow supplanted in person service or attention - the flesh and blood human has less priority. How is that?  But enough ranting.........

I'm not a golfer but, I think this is known as a "tough lie."

The fog edges closer.

"I am older now, I have more than what I wanted," is a line from an old Crosby, Stills, and Nash tune that I heard on the radio today.  A thought-provoking lyric.

Note: all images made with my cellphone.