As I begin my last week in Georgia and make my final preparations to return to Virginia, I find myself — unexpectedly, at this advanced age — once again facing an uncertain future.

Oh, I know where I’m going, of course. But what experiences await me there, in a new location, is a blank page. All I know for sure is that the more urban setting will hold opportunities for adventure that the quiet country life of the past six years has not.

So it is with great optimism that I echo the words of the late American author Ursula K. Le Guin, known for her fantasy and science fiction works, but who was clearly facing reality when she wrote:

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.”

– Ursula K. Le Guin, “The Left Hand of Darkness”

It was always that sense of not knowing what might be around the next corner that led to the best times of my life in the past. Here’s hoping the same holds true for the future.

Onward and upward.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
6/30/26