The parable of the prodigal son somehow appealed to me for this personal—not political or scientific post—though I have more enjoyed reading authors like Richard Dawkins + Daniel Dennet + others of their ilk versus reading the Bible. Today I simply announce that my wife and I have returned from a couple of wks of vacation. Nothing exotic, but visiting friends + family in Missouri, Illinois, Ohio + finally the longest stretch in New York, where we had a celebration of life for my wonderful mother-in-law and matriarch of that large family. We then balanced that out with a wedding for one of our last unmarried nieces several days later. So life goes on. I will confess here I was hoping to round up another couple of wedding couples to parallel a certain movie, but that of course did not play out.
My policy has always been to not post while traveling, parting because I lack the large monitor which I use at home with my desktop computer. And partly because I am of retirement age + view vacation as a sacred right. As a penultimate note, I used to have the amount of hair you see in the photo, but that is only a memory. As a final note I will quote George Bernard Shaw: “I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” [Perhaps a commentary on our current politics].
I pledge to return to regular posting tomorrow morning. See you then.
