Calendar. I know the Incas had one and the impulse to keep track of time may be a basic instinct. Why? Why does anybody want to keep track? The reminders are omnipresent. Everything around you takes care of the time telling. Seasons, growth, decay, fatigue, sunset, hunger, sustenance, sunrise, waves, and squalls. Those are the elemental calendar. I could never get past that. Through school I could never tell what class was up next without looking at the list. The calendar was for getting me on the same page as everyone else. I still need constant reminders and my day is sealed up tight with the responsibilities of parenthood and the things I need to do to keep so many boats afloat. I think that is what the list is for. It binds people already bound to the same place to the rest of the package. The place is not enough. A culture is built on doing things together and that requires
