I dont feel constrained by time and instant messaging protocols and respect your long posts and personal rhythm. To post or not to post ...

It was wonderful to read your moment of awe at the Grand Canyon. Sorry to hear about your career disappointment but it fills in my understanding of you.

Beyond humility and hubris and all that .. we have to be fully who we are .... false, mannered self-deprecations give me the pip.

Thank you, you took me back to my youthful wonderings, science fiction and Geology pracs where we were handled Mars rocks all the way from NASA closest I have come ... now they take them out to the kids in the classroom .. but it was very unusual the first time I handled one.

You have not compromised your personal expression to fit in, like I have done. I will be taking more time out from the forums to depth back into myself ... silence is healing for me.