Now that I have fully migrated to Substack, and have been happy there for a few years, my WordPress archives are migrating to ropersanchor.jamesjheaney.com. All old links to this blog should successfully redirect there.
Will, I’d trust you with my life. But not your principles.
You see, we speak of being anchored to our principles. But if the weather turns nasty you up with an anchor and let it down where there’s less wind, and the fishing’s better.
“And look,” we say, “look! I’m anchored! To my principles!”
—Sir Thomas More, “A Man for All Seasons”
I pray God I never do this to my principles. But when it comes to my blogging software, it turns out I am quite happy to look where the fishing’s better. 🙂