First, the road was clear and second, it was twenty years ago today.

Less traffic and faster cars.

No battery power and many a flat battery.

No longer. Now the roads are longer and the opportunities greater.

Progress is good. We will add the progress needed in the other, unattended, areas.

We will become even more.

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We do say so.

We are quite sure.

It is what we think.

Well…

Last night we watched the sun, then the moon and the stars.

We heard songs from eons and epochs past.

We are listening now.

Tell us your story, we really want to know.

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What was the main motivation that drove you to do so many interesting things?

Not sure “driven” was the way he’d describe it.

Funny how others thought it so interesting – he was sure it was normal, familiar and average.

When you look at what motivates others, there are always far more questions to be asked, if a good conclusion is to be drawn.

Skill, yes maybe. Luck, always some. Perception, perhaps. Imagination….why not!

Let’s stop thinking about that, and go out and do something amazing.

Yes….I know!

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Two flavors, two temperaments, two cows and two wheels.

No limits, but lots of varied and not always compatible “systems”.

There used to be a “post office”, now it is just a hologram.

Now we have three of most things, or hey- praise the day, as many as you want.

One thing is true as it ever was and probably always will be. Yes?

Yes!

Strange booming noises were heard by the village residents.

People celebrate in strange ways, the visitors thought.

The next day all was quiet. Streets gently populated with people, cars, cyclists and self-driving cars.

The river was swollen and flowing faster than we’d seen for months

The fruit harvest had been, well…fruitful. The goat’s milk was abundant. The wild greens grew everywhere as if the countryside were a grocery store.

Near the top of the mountain three people were scheming, and the people below them, in the village beside the river, were unaware of the plans that were being hatched.

A hundred years later, everyone from all the neighboring lands wanted to move to the village.

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