"Which is worse, to be too often protected, and thereby forget the suffering of others, or to suffer them oneself?
There is, perhaps, a middle course: to be out in the world enough to be toughened,
but to have a shelter sufficient to stave off callousness and wretchedness."
- William T. Vollmann
Sink or Swim, Win or Lose....
Hooray! My little girl can swim!
It's 34°C here in Africa and Ouma's pool looks all too tempting!
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....mother, retreaded librarian, cyber-dissident, epicurean, african denizen, aspiring thinker, eternal student of life....