call and response; how to reach out to others before facebook and twitter

call and response; how to reach out to others before facebook and twitter were available

fiction
edward w pritchard


BB King sits heavily in a chair at the 2010 Crossroads festival and guitar heroes Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and Jimmie Vaughn reach out with a brief solo on " Thrill is Gone" to honor BB King. BB responds as he listens like a proud Father hearing and seeing his beloved children again. See it on you tube BB King Cross roads 2010 " thrill is gone".

Call and response; how to reach out to others before facebook and twitter.

I see on the yahoo social news that all humans share a common aversion to things coming toward them; a fear we keep from long ago to protect us from predators. Yet how thrilling is it when the thing coming toward us is a friend of our clan we recognize. So much the better if a clan member not seen or conversed with in a long while.

Like embers in a dieing fire touched by a swift wind; after the " thrill is gone" a familiar step, tread of heavy footfalls of a forgotten friend, heard again native voice and rediscovered nod or a recalled smile brightens a cautious lonely life and chases away fears and blues.