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The wheels were spining freely and quietly.

That oil, had helped.

The start-stop partially jammed motions of yesterday were gone.

Today it was silky smooth, a twin for the best Swiss watch movements.

Beyond lubrication, the engineering was key.

Always looking for the most important ingredients, even when all of them are essential.

First published on one first day of April, yet this was not (intended to be) funny.

There were so many yachts busily sailing in the pond behind our mansion, we felt it unwise to try and swim.

Still, it was evening, food was cooking…we could smell it.

What was also in the air, was air. Part oxygen, part nitrogen and part aromas of cooking.

We expected guests for dinner from Italy, Bolivia and Taiwan and yes, a few Europeans as they liked to be called.

We were from elsewhere, somewhere beyond reckoning and off the route networks of airlines.

But now we were here, so to speak.

Another foot or two.

Parking was a slow process.

A ship that is longer than two tennis courts, a laptop and a Walmart parking lot in Arkansas together, is tricky to park in a “small” space.

But we can do it.

We practiced (a few dents, but no harm done).

We studied, and eventually they called us “Captain”.

The moment the decline of the Roman Empire started is hard to define.

One simple disregard for the soldiers, the good workers, the wise counselors and soothsayers. perhaps that was it.

There has never been a country, enclave, organization or company that has thrived for long once disregard has won over endless care and caring.

So what to do?

Smoke rose in a hypnotic twirl, stories resounded around the forest and we stayed warm when close to the camp fire.

Behind us electronic billboards shouted out the progress made in designs of crease-free socks, personal mobile libraries and instant swimming pools.

Oh yes! And, there was a bargain offer for a dinner with the leader. Whoever that might be.

We thought about the old times, these times and the times to come. That, took a long time.

So easy to fill a day. Such a wonderfully long way for a walk.