Well, we are slowly recuperating and establishing order. We are going through the daunting process of consolidating decades’ worth of accumulated possessions from two households into our modest dwelling here in Wellfleet, and it’s a slow go for the two of us, but we’re gradually getting there.
There’s a lot going on in the world, most of which I’ve hardly paid attention to for the past few months. It does not seem that things are generally going well. The question right now really seems to be whether to expect coming events to accelerate suddenly and sharply, or whether we are simply looking at a proximate future of steady decline, as the quality of life in America degrades little by little, with everyone just being told to “lower their expectations”, and learning to do so. Nobody knows which it will be, least of all me, but I haven’t really been bothering with anything but personal matters for most of this year, and now will be trying to get caught up a bit so I can have a think about it all myself.
I do apologize for my lack of much responsiveness to those of you who have written comments and emails. I will be a better correspondent going forward, now that things are settling down.
As an aside, one thing I have done has been to make some improvements to my mixing studio, and for those of you who have an interest in such things I’ll write a post about that in the next day or two. (I have some gear to recommend.)
Back soon.
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When we moved here 3 years ago, we had to sort through decades of accumulated stuff. Our new retirement house comes with a garage in which I had hoped to deposit one of our vehicles…aka, my wife’s. Alas all that stuff we (she) could not part with now lives in the garage close at hand where it will most likely stay until one of us-maybe both-are dead and gone. An off campus storage unit was out of the question it seems. Alas it seems the only clutter free quarters I will ever occupy will be situated about six feet deep in the ground.
…or whether we are simply looking at a proximate future of steady decline, as the quality of life in America degrades little by little, with everyone just being told to “lower their expectations”, and learning to do so.
Many markers of decline. I watch some mechanics on youtube, and they universally note the lowered quality of vehicles and replacement parts from about 2005 onward.
But there are pockets of uplift. The uber wealthy are better than ever. The lower classes have more drugs and leisure than ever, from what I observe. Seems to be a large transfer of wealth from the classic middle class to various aggrieved minority groups and immigrant types. I recall the Democrat pres. debate 2020 where every candidate raised their hand in agreement to provide free health care to illegal aliens. Uplift! Supposedly we provide all this stuff for some future payoff, where the beneficiaries pay us back with generous interest. If not, I guess that is our punishment for going along with our current ruling class.