THE URGE TO KNOW

"The cure for boredom is curiosity.  There is no cure for curiosity."
                                                       ~Dorothy Parker

I'VE ALREADY TITLED a previous entry with the word, "Curiosity", and I've a feeling that I've already explored the subject previously. That's the way it is with us old folks. You'll have to put up with it; that's what I tell our kids, although I do try hard not to repeat. Hopefully this will be a little different.






When he was here last winter, Owen showed fascination with Mr. Bob's recliner chair. An investigation followed to see how it worked.

Usually it's impossible to keep children from exploring but some people, as the years go by, lose that desire.

I had already decided on this as a topic when it was time to go to
dinner downstairs. After we'd placed our order, I asked the resident sitting at our table if she liked the new menu holders. They're quite elegant, akin to something you'd see in a fine restaurant. On the right side the specials of the day are listed. On the left page, the "always available" items are listed, which is especially nice when a visitor is here. 

She had no idea of what I was speaking. I said to her, "Oh, you missed it.......your curiosity wasn't working". She replied, "No, I lost my curiosity years ago."

I hope it never happens to me. I'm always eager to experience new places to eat. Who could resist finding out what a place

named "Auntie Em's" was about?

or discovering what foods would be available at a new-to-us farmers' market?

What did we do before we had access to Google? That site is a grand curiosity quencher. The need to know is endless and a very good reason to have a computer, methinks. Much as I loved poring through encyclopedias, the computer awards us instant gratification.


Our grandson, Owen, is lucky to have parents who join him in wonder. Actually, Grandaddy did a pretty good job of investigation up there in the top three pictures. Maybe it runs in families. 

"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."
                                                   ~Eleanor Roosevelt