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Alison King's avatar

Love this! So honest, helpful and humorous. Thanks for sharing.

Jennifer Carss's avatar

Go get it lass!!!

(By it, I mean life and the illiberal arguments swirling around the globe)

Hope you're genuinely sitting with the feeling of comfort that you are lifting yourself up in more ways than one.

Vivian Baruch's avatar

Re: "Should I worry that telling other people why I think they are wrong always seems to cheer me up?" No.

Julia Mason MD's avatar

I hope that the new shed contains a hot tub.

Ben Voris's avatar

I’m glad that the improvement continues. Formidable crone, indeed!

Abhishek Saha's avatar

Love this, Helen. Onwards!

Jed Wentz's avatar

"I shall be outspoken, argumentative, uncompromising, unapologetic, unashamedly eccentric and utterly fearless in my fight for the future of Enlightenment values and liberal democracy." I completely approve of this plan!

ElaN's avatar

Thank you for sharing so honestly. Your writing is quite zesty. I'm encouraged to pick up some of your new disciplines. I hope you'll keep us posted on how it goes once home. Good luck.

GG's avatar

Cool much better. Thanks