First posted in November 2011… still true today
No one will know what I write here today. There is little likelihood that anyone will even be aware that this event has occurred. This is simply one more modest pontification in a world filled with more books and more writing and more opinions than it knows what to do with. Far more important men and women and happenings are, at this very moment, doing and being and taking place. Most things are known or remembered by their impact. They impact because they cause us to turn our attention to, or give some value to, the occurrence. A rock thrown into the water makes an impact of sound and displacement and rippling and aftereffect which invites inquiry. The ripple then makes new impact as it touches all in its path. The rock is thrown and the thrower awaits the resulting impact. Before the impact was the toss. Before the toss the rock was picked up. Before the pickup was the view of the water, the sight of the rock and the inquisitive thought, “what will happen, if…” Continue reading

