"Some folks dream of the wonders they'll do – before their time on this planet is through. Some just don't have anything planned – they hide their hopes and their heads in the sand. Now I don't say who is wrong, who is right – but if by chance you are here for the night? Then all I need is an hour or two – to tell the tale of a dreamer like you."

Happy World Chess Day! Again! Knowledge and experience are just facts and stories. Unless. You undergo transformation. To become what you’ve learned. I call that process "cocooning". I contemplate if I am the butterfly. Or the man. And revel in the mystery of whether my next metamorphosis will require the pawn’s quixotic journey to ...