{"id":14886,"date":"2012-02-08T22:05:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T03:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=14886"},"modified":"2012-02-08T22:10:38","modified_gmt":"2012-02-09T03:10:38","slug":"connections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=14886","title":{"rendered":"Connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When people ask me what I do I say I spot trends and that is because as soon as something arouses my curiosity I start seeing connections. Or they start coming my way. I flew home from NY as the snow was gently starting to fall there and it was 65 degrees in New Orleans with the full moon over the bayou and I was thinking about how odd it is to be older. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=14890\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0488\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0488\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0488.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was in the bathroom putting away my things and Tin walked in and turned off the light. <\/p>\n<p>Now THAT was amazing. He couldn&#8217;t reach the light switch before I left for NY three days ago. <\/p>\n<p>While in the lobby waiting to go up and see a client, I couldn&#8217;t help but look at this giant painting on the wall that was a swarm of people entitled Redes &#8211; Spanish for groups or crowds &#8211; and it was painted by an artist who was 90 years old. Quite amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"14889\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?attachment_id=14889\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?fit=2048%2C2048&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,2048\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0481\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_0481\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-14889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dangermond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_0481.jpg?w=1920 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A friend sent this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2012\/02\/08\/146348759\/donald-hall-a-poets-view-out-the-window\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a> to me about Donald Hall and aging. I hope at 83 I too, would still delight in sitting down to write and write and write. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people ask me what I do I say I spot trends and that is because as soon as something arouses my curiosity I start seeing connections. Or they start coming my way. I flew home from NY as the snow was gently starting to fall there and it was 65 degrees in New Orleans with the full moon over the bayou and I was thinking about how odd it is to be older. 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