A View of the World: Our Trip to Melbourne and the Nature of Excellence

What is excellence, and how does it thrive? Who plants? How does it grow and which seed? Who tilled the soil and prepared the ground? How much obsession and how much laughter? How much is excellence the meeting of time and space with people and need? How much good fortune and serendipity? Is inspired hard work enough?   Turning 40 gives one pause for reflection and a weekend away, without the children, permits that river of thought to flow reasonably... Read More