Michael came up for another name for the post-vacation condition: Holi-daze.
Love it.
Here is someone you should read if you haven't already: Ann Patchett.
Last night I was re-reading her latest book, "What Now?" which is short in length but long in wisdom.
Being that we just passed through graduation season, it's an essay based on a graduation speech at Sarah Lawrence College, her alma mater.
Here's a great sentiment: "Even if you have it all together you can't know where you're going to end up. There are too many forces, as deep and individual as tides, that keep us bouncing into places where we'd never thought we'd end up. Sometimes the best we can hope for is to be graceful and brave in the face of all the changes that will surely come. It also helps to have a sense of humor about your own fate, to not think that you alone are blessed when good fortune comes your way, or cursed when it passes you by."
Some years ago, I discovered Patchett's book, "Truth and Beauty." It's a tragic--and at times funny--account of her long friendship with fellow writer Lucy Grealey. Grealey was a writer like Patchett but ... had more problems. I won't say anymore in case you want to read it.
If you do, let me know what you think.
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