Gone Fishin'

Hello you life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Okay Platypus crew. I admit defeat. I am in New Brunswick this week spending time with my parents as Mom recovers from surgery, and so between the household duties, my existing (many) virtual commitments, and the summery weather-- I simply have not been able to conjure the time to research and write an essay for this week. So I am officially declaring this a Gone Fishin' dispatch.

So instead, I thought I would send along a couple of favourite old-school dispatches from 2019 for you to enjoy perusing on this beautiful August Sunday morning. Enjoy this mini-trip down memory lane:

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Do you have any favourites not on this list? Please let me know what I missed!

But wait! Perhaps all of this talk of taking breaks is feeling a bit too laksidasical on a sunny Sunday morning? Then get back into real life in a positive way by checking out the recent good news about the pandemic that you might have missed

Still too much realness?  Then I INSIST you watch this video about researchers trying to recreate the sound of early neanderthal speech... seriously, it is one of the funniest things I have seen in decades. 

From one can't-quite-pull-it-together person to another, I am glad that we can take space when we need to together. I hope you enjoyed this dispatch, and have an achievement-filled week!

Until next Sunday,
The Earnest Platypus