Day 12: The Truman Show

Day 12, Wednesday March 25: The Truman Show

Remember The Truman Show? Jim Carrey plays Truman who lives in this Mayberry-like town where everyone knows each other and is super nice, and everyone and everything looks perfect. There was a weird twist to it all, but I won’t give that away. Suffice it to say, it all looked a bit like a movie set.

The Truman Show was the first thing that popped to my mind as I walked my neighborhood on Wednesday. The sun was shining, and I’ve never seen so many people in the neighborhood. Whole families were walking, in the middle of a weekday! There were baby carriages, dogs, and bikes. Folks were washing their cars in the driveway, doing spring clean-ups of their yards, playing kickball. And of course, everyone was waving to each other as folks passed. It was great, if not a tad bit eerie.

So, get outside, take a walk or a bike ride, wave to your neighbors, stop and chat. You may even want to re-watch The Truman Show.

Author: Connie

I like to play tennis, sail, play the bassoon, bake, read, and at times have experimented with writing. Starting a blog was one of my retirement plans, so I'm happy to finally launch one 2 years into retirement. I've been in Michigan for 20 years, but grew up mostly in Louisiana and have lived in various states and briefly in Germany.

One thought on “Day 12: The Truman Show”

  1. David and I just returned from our daily walk and commented on the same thing! Here it is, midday on a regular weekday and we passed people doing the same type of things you spoke of. We often times say, as we go to new places, what if somehow you got plopped down in a spot, where would you think you were?

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