Aging

Without further comment... > in his inclement, howling old age, Ahab’s soul, shut up in the caved trunk of his body, there fed upon the sullen paws of its gloom — Moby Dick (@MobyDickatSea) October 2, 2022 [https://twitter.com/MobyDickatSea/status/1576614750670229504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…

One leads to the other

> “Old-­people projects keep old people old. You’re no longer old when you’re dead.” A Personal History by John McPhee. https://t.co/uaV3IXpMzU — The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 6, 2020 [https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1214185238517207047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > Old age is always wakeful;…

Side by side in my Twitter stream

> Oh, ye foolish! throw all these thunder-heads overboard, and then you will float light and right. — Moby Dick (@MobyDickatSea) October 20, 2019 [https://twitter.com/MobyDickatSea/status/1186052243059027968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] > So we be rid of them, do with ’em what thou wilt. https://t.co/o8HK1I7Xlw…

MAGA?

> “There is something in the contemplation of the mode in which America has been settled, that, in a noble breast, should forever extinguish the prejudices of national dislikes. Settled by the people of all nations, all nations may claim her for their own.“ —Redburn pic.twitter.com/egHuSGtG5E [https:…

Melville gets it right

> Old age is always wakeful — Moby Dick (@MobyDickatSea) May 25, 2019 [https://twitter.com/MobyDickatSea/status/1132086650698444800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]…