<p>I am struggling with jet lag and therefore up into the wee hours. Perfect to communicate with my son who is 8 hours hence across the Atlantic. I just got a new computer for work. It can “see.” Last night we linked up and I was sitting on the couch and there he was talking to me on the full screen. And I was doing the same. “Turn on BBC for me,” he said. So I turned on the tv and he watched the news via the computer camera for about a minute. “Show me my room,” he added. He hasn’t been home since last Christmas. So I hold the laptop and walk into his room and he travels down the hallway and “walks” and “talks” with me. I keep the camera ceiling ward since his bed is covered with my suitcases! “There are the posters and bookcases,” I say. Then his girlfriend comes in and they ask me for culinary advice on what they are going to cook for dinner. I feel like a tv cooking show. They take the beef they bought and show it to me…I am looking at a package of beef. “Cook it!” I say.</p>
<p>The next morning, I try to explain this new communication to my grocer across the street whose daughter lives in Australia with her new husband. He tries to be polite and the concept he totally understands. I would love it if my parents would feel comfortable with this new technology and I could chat with them if not in person at least as close to that as it can be right now. But alas, the concept has passed them by, they won’t look at a computer.</p>
<p>All in all, I guess what I am thinking is that in this crazy, war-filled world there are some pretty amazing things happening right now.</p>