Letter from Robert Loewe
Politics – July 2004 – Colorado Central Magazine
Dear Ed,
I knew instantly that one of the headlines in your June issue, “What America Are We Living In Now?” would end up attached to my refrigerator. Those six words connect with most things I witness when I leave my mountain cocoon weaving-piano-studio-cabin and drive Highway 24 to Colorado Springs.
The number of vehicles that challenge my ’63 Bug as I drive prompts that “What America Are We Living In Now” question. Another cocoon-crasher is a morning five-minute NPR news segment bringing Al Quaeda vs. USA into thought. What America am I living in now?
And what will I do with the rest of my time? I suppose what I’m experiencing this second — the piano, the dishes, the loom, friends. I guess that’s kind of what most Americans do. I’m just not sure.
Robert Loewe
Divide
P.S. These thoughts aren’t exactly about Hard and Soft America, but there’s a connection somewhere, I think.
