How Sad a Passage

COUNTESS "This young gentlewoman had a father,--O, that 'had'! how sad a passage 'tis!--whose skill was almost as great as his honesty; had it stretched so far, would have made nature immortal, and death should have play for lack of work." -Act I scene i, All's Well that Ends Well.

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Red Card Frustration

Memories of September, and watching on the laptop on the island as the pantomime villain provokes a red card.  You would think we could avoid something similar, but fatalism loomed in the air and the result was always going to be what it would be.  Fun though, even despite the agony.  Some brilliant play, and still lots of optimism that there is a lot of football to be played.

Football to be played and work to be done.  The SE Asia wedding is now basically locked in, which sets up the next set of voyages.  Scotland/England, Montreal, Newfoundland, France, and then nothing until 2017...  So will Guatemala stand as the one new country?  Or can you squeeze in a Dominican Republic escape or the like?

That seems less important than the non-impulse purchase on the island, which is a decision that seems already made but which will mark both a turning and a launching point for global decision-making for at least the next 5 years.  The key is to think of the firm trajectory, and with 2015 finishing nicely and 2016 setting up nicely, maybe it really is setting up for a 2019 exodus?  Who knows what the future holds.  The Castle could come calling as early as next Fall with a 20th anniversary sailing, so there is that to process, as well as the timing for the white continent.  That too must be done, so the question is when and whether it gets combined with SA.

Oh well, more to ponder later, as we wait to see if Brady proves his worth on the road.  I will sleep away another Sunday in dreams of brighter, more epic tomorrows...  Keep thinking Tancook is a part of that broader scheme, and no cause to doubt that yet.

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