This is so interesting. When my mom was at the end of her life, she was obsessed with time. She would constantly ask what time it was, and then when we told her, she'd ask, "AM or PM?" I ordered her a big-numbered watch with an obvious AM/PM designation, a cheap thing, off Amazon, and she loved it. I wonder what the obsession with time is when there is so little left.
Oh, that is interesting! And I wonder the same. Orientation? A sense of control? She has a pocket-size radio she sometimes listens to at night that has digital time on it, but that's become too small for her to read even if she could understand it. But she used to mess with that too, and I had to reverse the AM/PM setting so that its very loud alarm wouldn't go off in the middle of the night. Now she just screws around with the stations, and it's often on static in the morning when I come down. Wish I could find/figure out something else to satisfy that impulse.
I think it's generational, that people of a certain era didn't switch over to digital clocks. It's a weird assumption that they'll still be able to read when they can't tell time! (For clocks that spell out the day of the week and say morning, afternoon etc.)
This is so interesting. When my mom was at the end of her life, she was obsessed with time. She would constantly ask what time it was, and then when we told her, she'd ask, "AM or PM?" I ordered her a big-numbered watch with an obvious AM/PM designation, a cheap thing, off Amazon, and she loved it. I wonder what the obsession with time is when there is so little left.
Oh, that is interesting! And I wonder the same. Orientation? A sense of control? She has a pocket-size radio she sometimes listens to at night that has digital time on it, but that's become too small for her to read even if she could understand it. But she used to mess with that too, and I had to reverse the AM/PM setting so that its very loud alarm wouldn't go off in the middle of the night. Now she just screws around with the stations, and it's often on static in the morning when I come down. Wish I could find/figure out something else to satisfy that impulse.
I remember the same issue with reading a digital clock that happened for my mother, too. The brain is strange territory !
I think it's generational, that people of a certain era didn't switch over to digital clocks. It's a weird assumption that they'll still be able to read when they can't tell time! (For clocks that spell out the day of the week and say morning, afternoon etc.)
Congrats on your writing being accepted. That is marvelous. Wish I could make it to the big city for your reading.
Thanks so much, Andrea!