i would like to be able to do what I want and play with projects that amuse me, and do in a self-imposed isolation.

And who’s in charge around here?  Me.  The matriarch –  but it’s mainly because I have the time.  I’m at the command post, and I’m here (as is my sister) if anyone needs anything.

We should have listened to the hippies.  I embraced the hippy philosophy while in my young teens, and missed it when it somehow morphed into disco.

Our purpose here is not just to procreate.  For our species to continue, we need the nurturers.  It really does take a village to raise a child and our DNA is not a  guarantee of survival or growth. Nature vs nurture is not what it’s about.  That’s not the battle  They’re really a team, working together – as nature and nurture – and our survival depends on it.