By the Numbers NOT YET READY FOR SURE 5 31 2026

Most people would choose leaving these earthly premises rather than do numbers. And numbers, to be clear, are rarely numb. They crystallize toward some hypothetical pinnacle of clarity in contrast to those various paying big bucks to watch ground balls and assorted instances of missing luck. Wouldn't it be nice to slow- or speed-read your way through a life with a fleck of definitive clarity? Meanwhile butterflies and trumpet flowers and that intentional moth near your lamp (not mine) butter my fingers (shiver me timbers) as I try to let it out the door without damaging its flittery wings various members of my species may envy at will. 


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