"Yes, I am. I feel I need a holiday. a very long holiday, as I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday; I don't expect I shall return. In fact, I don't mean to, and I have made all the arrangements."
"I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed!' he snorted. 'Why I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something."
"Gandalf looked curiously and closely at him. 'No, it does not seem right,' he said thoughtfully. 'No, after all I believe your plan is probably the best.'"
"'Well, I've made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf-mountains"
Are you ready to retire? Sounds like those mountains and digs are beckoning..
ReplyDeleteWhose going to train the nascent Susan Calvins?
ReplyDeleteT.O.M.
ReplyDeleteI am taking several months off to, among other things, teach robotics on a high school level. Got the training of nascent roboteers covered.
W.C.
Many things beckon. I am not ignoring them. Of course, people keep bugging me to work in various other places. Stay tuned.
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