What a difference a decade makes.<\/p>\n
I’m sharing this thought with my friends using a touchscreen tablet on a broadband connection as my grandson and I are chillin’ to EDM on internet radio station.<\/p>\n
And earlier I’d woken up having dreamt of colleagues with whom I’d worked with when I was overseas.<\/p>\n
Ten years ago none of this was part of my life.<\/p>\n
What’s in store between now and 2024?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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