“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change." - Guiseppe Tomasi de Lampedusa

Now, you may ask: why on earth would you want things to stay the same?

Well, short answer: I don’t. What I take from the above is that - for me - the sign of a healthy system is one which embodies an open stance to change, whilst still understanding the fundamental components which make it a continuous entity.

OK, now you may ask: that’s all well and good, but what on earth does that have to do with your ‘now’ page?

Well, dear reader, that is what I intend this blog to be, the rosetta stone which tracks and unlocks access to the many and varied stories of how this system (and all too human system I may add) changes through time yet, no doubt, carries forth the certain subset of characteristics which make this entity whole.

NOW

December 2024

  • year 3 of my graduate government job. It’s a living!

  • Getting near done on home renovation and furnishing after many months of plugging along.

  • Reading Substacks, playing Wordle, but regularly drawn to the appeal of the indie blogging sphere.