First Steps into a Larger World

You've taken your first step into a larger world.

-Obi-wan Kenobi

On Sunday last (January 27th), Daigoro identified and read the letters correctly in the word "stop". A small step, certainly, but considering how many billions of illiterate or semi-literate people there are in this world, reading is an advantage and a privilege we should all be thankful for.

S - T - O - P

Stop. Simple enough, one would think, but consider it for a moment: identifying four groups of lines and curves that stand for a sound and from thence an idea. Revolutionary (and evolutionary) for ancient man. Taken for granted by the modern.

Makes one consider what humans will consider so basic a concept in another 4-6,000 years (should we be lucky enough to survive that long).

We're deep in the middle of house-hunting right now, so reports will be even fewer and further between than previously.