Working, reading...Arendt, Barzun. The state of thinking, the state of the intellect. Funny how few ideas are really new. Arendt's and Barzun's lament about the state of education applies just as equally today. Have we only ever imagined an ideal perhaps? I shall persist nonetheless.
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Opportunity though to take a short break outside. Noticed one of the ginger plants has a new flower--the first since I planted them a few weeks ago. Must be doing something right.
Meanwhile, today the Australian of the Year was announced. Footballer Adam Goodes and former parliamentarian Fred Chaney as senior AOTY. Good people. I feel hope and optimism that reconciliation will attain genuine prominence this year.
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