I have no idea what’s going on in the world of politics, the environment, foreign affairs, or anything else that might appear on the front page of a newspaper.

And that feels great.

As I mentioned previously, I’m taking a news sabbatical. It’s been difficult, and a few things have slipped in by way of social media, but by and large it’s been a successful endeavor. I’m writing more, I’m reading more, and I’m sleeping more. All very healthy for me. Ahhh.

On a related note, I had the strangest dream last night. In it, all my friends and family were suddenly very sad, but no one would tell me why because they knew I was avoiding the news. I finally learned that the president had died suddenly, of some sort of heretofore undiagnosed malady, but when I tried to read about it in the newspaper and online, I couldn’t because all the news outlets were hiding their content from me to enforce my news sabbatical.

Very thoughtful of them.