As the crow flies

You’re not a crow, neither is your project.

To get from a village in rural France to Los Angeles, the trip to London might be a tiny fraction of the distance from London to LA, but it takes more than half the time.

It’s easy to imagine that every step in our journey proceeds at the same velocity, but it rarely does. And just because the destination is in sight doesn’t mean you’re almost there…

PS Here is a fifteen-year-old addendum to yesterday’s post.