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It’s the eve of what would have been my birthday had I flipped my fetal self around in a slightly more timely fashion a few decades ago…seems as good a time as any to roll tape on my life. Not for the first time, perhaps for the last. Definitely for my own good, and with a different tack altogether.

Summer isn’t even close to making its presence known (spring has only the most tenuous grasp on the forecast) but I am looking forward to it as I haven’t in years. Nothing comes to mind as a particular reason to look forward to the season, but then everything does.

It seems looking forward to something that has a defined endpoint, which is actually a jumping-off point for the next big thing in my life, is my greatest thrill. I do like purposeful action, and meaningful results. This summer, however, is not goal-focused or results-oriented or constrained in any tension-causing way.

This summer is mine to make the most of. And then I’ll go learn everything there is to know about ears.