So I finished this totally awesome book, The Path Between the Seas, David McCullough’s comprehensive history of the creation of the Panama Canal. Loved it. In awe of both the canal itself and the construction and writing of this history. I found it actually thrilling at moments, a real page-turner despite its heft. Human vision and ingenuity, creativity in the broadest sense… sometimes, it seems, they actually outpace our capacity for destruction. How cool.
Winter Songs: Ok, this is when winter gets tough. No more holidays, warm hearths, family, comfort food to look forward to. Just grey sunshine-free bitter cold until, let’s be honest, April. Winter songs are more important than ever. Until the return of Liz Jordan, I’m on Fleetwood Mac break, but how about some Simon and Garfunkel? Recently I was trying to hike in Panama, but found the trail (sendero) obliterated by mudslides. You know the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip slidin’ away. Eventually, of course, I was homeward bound.
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