Thoreau once said that he had "traveled a good deal in Concord." You travel far near home.

I had a lot of automatically self-deprecating reactions to this comment, like well, I can't afford to travel very far away from it, which I feel should be squashed, so: thank you. I spent too much time not living in the places where I lived. I like the other way better.

Happy birthday again!

Thank you! It was!