Dear all, It's been a humid summer. I always find this season to be revelatory; distanced from the busyness of school and people, it gives me a chance to quietly meditate on my present. I am starting to like it, learning to balance my self and the societal self. Sometimes the old emptiness echoes too loudly, then I remind myself of the existence of other people, taking a risk, a chance, at a different routine. Or sometimes being tied down by commitments eats too much into my personal com...