tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post4639582776841292251..comments2023-03-30T07:59:35.962+02:00Comments on Small Wrinkles in Spacetime: Comings and GoingsJohn Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-57978917554035340172013-07-17T17:03:47.482+02:002013-07-17T17:03:47.482+02:00There is a finality about 'goodbye'. It sp...There is a finality about 'goodbye'. It speaks of a parting of the ways, perhaps forever. We have difficulty with that, I think. Small comings and goings, meetings and partings, are all part of the tentative, provisional fabric of existence. <br /><br />We spoke candidly. The things that need to stick surely will.John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-23578530747592061702013-07-17T16:59:09.066+02:002013-07-17T16:59:09.066+02:00Surprisingly, it doesn't feel like 'slowin...Surprisingly, it doesn't feel like 'slowing'. Perhaps because I don't want it to. Instead, there are a variety of tasks all of which have variable levels of importance. Sometimes, it's just OK to not be seen to be doing much.John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-76762519887274196462013-07-17T13:08:54.442+02:002013-07-17T13:08:54.442+02:00"Small comings and goings..." I like tha..."Small comings and goings..." I like that. Since I absolutely hate goodbyes, to think of these partings as small events in a larger drama, not yet concluded is comforting. Today's "exit stage right" could easily be tomorrow's "enter stage left." That's so much more palatable to me than "goodbye."<br /><br />As I review the pictures of our days together, I find myself agreeing with you - the seasons in our respective lives have changed, and we have changed with it. Certainly you for the better. :) Being retired agrees with you.<br /><br />Much gratitude and thanks to you and The Gipsy for everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-14099773677802125272013-07-16T16:30:34.248+02:002013-07-16T16:30:34.248+02:00I think it was Thompson who started the package to...I think it was Thompson who started the package tour business who insisted that his clients took a sketchbook whether they could draw or not. It forced them to slow down and to propagate an"increased ability to perceive the details"<br />Alan DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com