Africa! —T.K. Thorne
I didn’t know that I needed to go to Africa. When a friend asked if my husband and I wanted to go, I started to respond, “No,” but the word caught somewhere between apprehension and . . . something else: SEE MORE
Entries by TK Thorne
How Mowgli Made a Marine: A Confession and an Ending
First, the confession: I have posted this story (but not this ending) before, but it is an important one about children and the power of story and presence. The new ending: Last week, my husband and I attended a ceremony where our Marine was promoted to the highest rank possible in his career line: Master […]
Time is the Simplest Thing
“Time is the Simplest Thing”—so claims the alien called “Pinkness” in Clifford D. Simak’s classic sci‑fi novel. That book was my first forbidden read from the adult shelves of our local library. (They really shouldn’t have connected the Juvenile Section to the Adult Sci‑Fi stacks with an unguarded staircase…) But is time actually simple? Or […]
Is There Another Way?
We are at war. Again. I am old enough to remember the 1970 song “War” and its iconic refrain: “War, huh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!” And yet—here we are. Again and again and again. I have lived through the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the post‑9/11 “Forever Wars” in Afghanistan and […]
How I Was Almost a Prophet — by T.K. Thorne
It was a dark and stormy night. Really. SEE MORE
A Free-Association Glimpse Into My Mind—Yikes! by T.K. Thorne
I don’t have a single thought in my head…. READ MORE
The Forgiveness of Whales
In protest of the looming rollbacks to wetland and species protections, I am reposting this today with updates. Until recently, scientists thought humans were the only species with specialized brain neurons responsible for higher cognitive functions such as self-awareness, compassion, and language. They were wrong. Fifteen million years before humans, whales began evolving these special […]
The Future of Struggle by T.K. Thorne
“Struggle” is not a word I naturally embrace. I recently posted this: My housekeeping style can be summed up in 7 words: “There appears to have been a struggle.” Okay, I stole that from a dish towel in a gift shop somewhere. I like order around me, but housekeeping is, indeed, a struggle. The effort […]
People Are a Lot More
“People are a lot more than their political inclination.” I read that statement today in a Washington Post article about an older man who found happiness in a wildly diverse group of coffee drinkers at a local café. People came there every day to sit and talk about everything, including politics, bringing pointedly different views. […]