A Spool of Blue Thread

by Anne Tyler

Didn’t anyone stop to reflect that the so-called old people of today used to smoke pot, for heaven’s sake, and wear bandannas tied around their heads and picket the White House?

Now I’m wondering what I overlooked when I considered my own grandparents. Well, we can pretty much assume they didn’t smoke pot; but you know what I mean. I notice how passing teenagers flick their eyes toward us old folks and sum us up at a glance and move on, and I think, You people have no idea!