“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 […]
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 […]
It was a dark and stormy night. Really. SEE MORE
I don’t have a single thought in my head…. READ MORE
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 […]
“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 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. […]
Yes, I’ve been obsessed with this question. I totally understand if you are rolling your eyes. But I think it is the key to unlocking a door that has been locked for a long time, maybe since humanity’s first glimmers of consciousness stirred. The story we tell ourselves is that we are the same from […]
“Everything is true but false, all at once,” Jim Reed wrote in his tiny treasure of random thoughts, “What More Can I Say?” The serendipity and resonance of the Universe are startling. Or, Dang, I’ve been thinking about that! SEE MORE