DAY 5 without my smart phone.
I am being assisted by a band of minimalist folk who have
given me a small plastic device they call a "Nohkeeya". It has only 9
buttons and from the legend they tell me, is indestructible. With their help I
have learnt basic survival techniques such as determining the impending weather
by looking out the window or finding a marker of time by consulting something
called “a watch”. They have shown great patience with me as I fuddle my way
through communicating with the outside world. They tell me that I will learn to
spell again without predictive text and my messages will eventually become
shorter and more succinct.
I am hoping they accept me as one of their own soon as I am
intrigued to find out more about their ways. They have this ancient technique I
desire to learn called “remembering”. They seem to have developed the power to
store a mental image of an event or meal in their mind without the use of a
camera. I saw one of them use a strange carbon rod to write a code on a small
sticky slip of paper which he then put in walk way of his home. He said. “The
message will remind me to pick up milk”. I find these people fascinating and
hope to learn more. It is challenging but I believe I have the strength to
carry on…
