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Swimming my way through life
Today I tried a swimming class with my local chapter of Master Swimming. I find swim training an essential activity, part of who I am. The mood, however, is in the nature to “just get by”, rather than a complimentary activity that adds on to a cumulative ball of successes. Something magical happens when you…
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Dancing
This evening I watched the first episode of the series “Dance Life”: a documentary of dancers competing to make it to the “Jazz 1” cohort at the Brent Street studio in Sydney. At the end of watching the episode, I was full of zest. Watching those dancers express themselves on the screen rejuvenated my evening:…
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Office reorganization
Today is the first day of classes at Penn. I decided to re-arrange my office. Few things have an effect on your work as the environment you are set in. It is now decluttered, so my mind can be decluttered too. Every morning is a fresh start: the promise of an opportunity, a tabula rasa.…