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Quote of the Day

Long-range planning does not deal with the future decisions, but with the future of present decisions. 

- Peter Drucker

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Pulp Break

First Paragraph

Life in America is always getting better and worse at the same time. Progress comes at a cost, even if it is often worth that cost. Misery beckons relief so that our virtues often turn up where our vices have been. Decay and decadence almost always trail behind success, while renewal chases ruin. And in a vast society like ours, all of this is always happening at once. That means there are no simple stories to tell about the state of our country, and that upbeat and downcast social analyses are often just partial descriptions of one complex whole. 

- From The Fractured Republic: Renewing America's Social Contract in the Age of Individualism by Yuval Levin

The Thought Watcher

I'm in the restless thinking stage on several projects. 

Things converge and I quickly jot down ideas but then the thoughts fly off and I'm back to considering them from a distance. I'm not stymied - I know they will soon crystallize - and the restless stage is an essential part of the process.

Essential and yet frustrating.

I can see a legal pad and a cup of coffee in the near future.

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Quote of the Day

I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches. 

- Alice Roosevelt Longworth

"Mysterious Barricades"

I only recently heard of Couperin's work. 

Here is Michael Chapdelaine performing "Mysterious Barricades."

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