Twenty-Fifth Note to “Be Prepared to Fight”

Coffee, tea, scotch, fashion, perfume, and long walks – preferably at the beach – are some of the secondary hobbies and interests. Although coffee and tea might even be the biggest ones. Mornings and afternoons are rough without coffee, and nights are depressing without the Moroccan mint tea my wife makes for me every night. None of which could have been developed and refined without a full immersion into books and contemplative writing. I wasn’t a very good student. It all changed as soon as I finished grad school twelve years ago.