February 23, 2019

Finished my story of hunting hogs. Sat in High 5 a big chunk of the morning writing it long hand, and I was happy, happy. Watched parents and their beautiful children. Went to the Tractor Supply Store (to honor it for being my big Wall Street moneymaker this year) and bought elephant ears. Beginning last Wednesday I had a mood, a feeling, that I have not had since graduate school, full of freedom and energy and hope. Part of it is the long-awaited signal to retire and get the hell out of academe. Part of it is something more, a liberation, an awakening, a guarantee of a third act.