the big difference from other winter solstices, and this last one, is i went bonkers online...

so my belated apologies to those whom i may have thoughtlessly (or thoughtfully) offended.

you're a great bunch for putting up with me at all, and i thankyou, especially mig, who does so much to keep this blog the honey-filled mind-hive it is.

far from 'scrambling lieutenants' mired in 'groupthink', you all are an amazing set of individuals, whose whole is much more even than the sum of its parts.

i iearned my lesson, i think, time will tell. i certainly feel a lot more thick-skinned than then. and a lot less prickly...

i think back to how out of it i was, and it's mystifying and mortifying...what an asshole...

ET is fine as it is, a welcome port in this concatenation of global storms we are facing.

simply the funniest and most concerned blog i've found on the toobs.

long may she run...

The power of knowledge is in mortal combat with the knowledge of power. It really is that simple... That's the Edenic apple we are all munching on.