Living abroad (not tourism, which is heavily sanitized) will truly open your mind to what the world is, what makes us different, and what makes us all the same (more than you think).
Intellectually, no, I don’t believe everything happens for a reason. But emotionally, I feel that some things do happen for a reason. How do I reconcile that with my belief in free will? It’s a struggle. Read on…
The WordPress/JetPack writing prompt for today is:
Do you think we’re shaped more by our experiences or by who we are? And my answer, without taking an easy out, is both.
I’ve been thinking Sam Neill thoughts since learning of his passing. This has led me back to “Until The End of The World” (1991). The film is a good example of a William Gibson’s quote that I like, “The future is already here, it’s just not distributed evenly.”
Writers and authors tend to read a lot, I’ve been slowing down lately. But here are some of the books that I’ve read or re-read recently and would recommend.
I don’t mean my aspirations, wishes, hopes for life. I mean my alpha wave middle of the night dreams have changed.
Like many of you, my life has been impacted by misinformation, especially during Covid.
A discussion among authors around a list of suggested trigger warnings got me to thinking: how would the books that influenced me stack up to this list?
(Please note that although I write mostly science fiction, this post is about real world politics. Feel free to leave now).
I met an astronaut once, and it wasn’t Richard Branson.
