The answer is in the asking

You may fire when ready, Miz O!

I'm incurably curious [like 'George' in the kids' book, who is my Chinese-astrology relative, being another monkey!] and I notice things that seem weird and interesting; but I am also accustomed to others thinking that these phenomena are 'nothin' of interest' to report. Or proffering a terse explanation whose purpose seems to be to move the conversation elsewhere, away from 'what we all know'-- just when I've got interested in the question of whether I really DO know any such thing.

I don't think I'm doing anything grander here than jes' playin' for my own amusement-- shared by whoever is so inclined. This last year has been propelled by a self-arising inquiry about the possibility, use, and desirability of 'being right' and 'having the last word.' I don't know if it is 'done'-- but I do feel less entangled in old habits and assumptions. What a strange thing to attempt to convey, or explore, in a forum of acquaintances that is a matter of our cogitating, and expressing ourselves in the single dimension of words-on-a-screen, with the time/sequence limitations. Not to mention the existence of the vast reaches of the rest of our lives beyond these little moments.

No kidding, Chris.

Unlike the rest of us.

But "seriously" - I am having one of those "incubation" type periods, feeling a bit like an ill animal that just needs to curl up in its den until it's healed. So I can't dredge up much to say on any subject, especially if it requires engaged and innovative thoughts as opposed to simple responses to other people's stuff. But I enjoy it if/when others have fun or interesting conversations. Like an old man sitting on his porch enjoying watching others engaging with daily life, even if he can't do anything but sit there and rock back and forth.

But in a pinch there's Downton Abbey and St. John of the Cross, both of which are helpful companions in their own ways.

Wow! Do you know these guys, Chris? The white-haired one is kinda cute-- could you introduce me?