I got a great voice message from my anonymous reader to say I’ve been too silent, and that the world is a worse place for it. As our crazy two weeks of traveling across the United Kingdom comes to an end, I can finally pause at the keyboard to put down some thoughts.<\/p>\n
And with a year-end review to come, I bid you good night, but with high hopes that there will be another article tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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