L I T T LE PA R E N T ON T H E PR A I R I E
GET TING THEM READY FOR THE FUTURE, TODAY
BY TRACY KIRBY. IMAGE BY CRISTA BALLARD PHOTOGRAPHY.
50 // JANUARY 2016
Hello, 2016. Even just writing that number “2016” feels like I’m writing about the distant, crazy future. You know, the real future: Cars flying overhead, people teleporting everywhere, a full head of hair dry in 10 seconds flat by the quick press of a button. That future. That’s what I think of when I write 2016. Yet, here we are in the “future” 2016 and I’m still drying my hair with a *sigh* archaic blowdryer, pumping gasoline into my land dwelling car, and the closest thing to teleporting is, what, a Segway? Oh, Back to the Future (1, 2, and 3), how you ruined us! (And, delighted us.) I say that all tongue-in-cheek, because as we all know, the future of our reality is indeed now and it is pretty amazing. Modern medicine is astounding, technology changes by the second, space exploration is having another major moment, global social connection is here, and finally, I mean FINALLY, someone created a real Dick Tracy watch.