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‘Biting off more than we can chew’ surely must be among the most common of life’s conundrums. And it is absolutely one of the things I do best. Too many goals and projects to accomplish before ability kills possibility. I’m sitting here surrounded by my books and papers, everything I need for the second post of Decades to emerge. So why this feeling of existential weariness instead of that of the eager… Read More
“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain “Join the army, travel the world, meet interesting people and kill them.” —anti-war slogan from Vietnam war era. Those quotes pretty much describe my state of mind today which might best be labeled as confused and melancholy—even though in just one week I’m off for… Read More