American suburbs provide an excess of privacy, but deny proximity to those places upon which a community life depends.

Ray Oldenberg, The Great Good Place

Ten days in, my theme for 2024 is: “Be attentive”:

• Pay attention to what I pay attention to, and jettison stuff that doesn’t pay back with value.
• Improve focus on stuff that is valuable. (Takes practice!)
• Be attentive and responsive (or least present) to others.

(NB: They all take practice.)

Could any tiger
Drink martinis, smoke cigars,
And last as we do?

Ange Postecoglou: “I’ve loved my first six months as head coach of this fantastic football club. We are still very much in the early stages of our journey. We have been moving in the right direction in terms of the squad, style of play, results. Hopefully, you are enjoying the team we are becoming.” ⚽️

Without a doubt, my 2023 personal Word of the Year is "Ange Postecoglou".
(Two words, but you get it.) Coming in at #2 is "mate."
Come On You Spurs! ⚽

Louis Menand: “[Sontag] forbade her son to look out the window when they rode in a train; he needed to read about a place if he wanted to understand it. She never looked out the window herself.”