Gradually, Then Suddenly

Honestly Ed
HonestlyEd
Published in
4 min readJan 1, 2022

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A completed series of reflection, insight and homage

my sister, yvette, and me

Post #20 of #20: I am reflecting on twenty years of personal and professional experiences in Birmingham and beyond.

There’s a passage in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he answers. “Gradually, then suddenly.”

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Honestly Ed
HonestlyEd

Insights, revelry, and beauty from an essayist, poet, and civic strategist.