Signs of change
Times change. The jobs that people do change. I just need to look around this neighbourhood. So many jobs are now gone. Take a look at the local village. No stores no post office no real service. Even the tracks are gone. There used to be a building over there where they stored the bus that took people to town gone a small building near the general store had a telephone operator. That job is gone. There were a series of small local schools. All gone. If we go over to the local fishing port not a single person goes out trying to catch codfish or macro. Lobster is still a big item though. You will notice that the sound of someone cutting down trees is just an echo of the past. We do not warm our homes with green firewood anymore. If you were to ask me what job should a young person try to learn I would be hard put to find an answer. Most of the jobs have moved on to the city. Far enough away that you do not travel back and forth at the end of each afternoon. I do note that there are still the same houses for the main part. They have been in place for over a century. My grandparents would still be able to find their house and the houses of many neighbours but I live in a place where the time has passed by. Of course, we have gained. The economy as such is still stable. But that is only one century. The lighthouse over at the point still shines at night but the position of a lighthouse keeper is just a point in history. We still have the same churches so I guess that is a good thing. In the fields I see no shape or cows or horses. All the fox is now wild. In sharp contrast we have windmills. I asked and all the electricity that is generated goes away to other places. We consume but there are no jobs associated with the technology. The traffic comes only at certain times of the year. Usually, a tourist on his way from somewhere to somewhere. It does not bode well for the population. Going forward in a century this will be a virtual desert.
