A summer hiatus
I had a tumultuous year, so I took a summer hiatus and moved from Chicago to an Indiana beachside town. To soak up the full experience of the lake and evening sunsets, I didn’t order cable television or even bother with bunny-ear antennas in order to get local TV channels. I turned off the radio, and in my car I listened to jazz CD rather than news. But then it dawned on me: Maybe this wasn’t a safe move. I mean, how would I be notified of a man-made or natural disaster if I all but checked out of the media-centric, modern world?