Tomorrow a new quote will take the place of this one:  

"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."  

--Niccolo Machiavelli

The message seems an appropriate one with which to make a new start on the blog.  I'm already missing some of my old posts--I guess this is why the old technology of black and white composition notebooks never goes out of style.

  

On the other hand, I can't decide how I really feel about Machiavelli's assessment of how one must go about achieving success.  Sure, we need to change with the times to some degree, but on the other hand, we should stay true to our core values, right?  The balance between tradition and progress is tricky.  Oh that there were a tried and true formula.  My nature is to side with progress and question tradition.  Perhaps I need to examine my natural instincts more closely...question them, for a change?