Ian Stone is back – and he’s searching for life’s missing magic:

“Life can’t just be the humdrum, the mundane, and the routine before the inevitable slide into disease, decay, and death. Why can’t we sneak in a bit of awesome, a tad of amazing, and maybe a smidge of wonderful? A forest canopy opening onto a huge vista would be enchanting for some, but my ancestors wandered in the desert for forty years — I think we’ve been outdoors enough.