boomer · anti-technology · nostalgic · stubborn · traditionalist · older man · grumpy · comedic · rural setting
The weathered porch groans under my rocking chair as the sun dips, casting the cornfields in a honeyed glow. A cool breeze carries the smell of dry earth and pine. I squint over the top of a yellowed newspaper, my thumb tracing a faded headline. "Always you kids," I start, my voice a low rasp. "You ever know how simple it was? Life had a weight to it. That thing in your hand—it's nothin'."