Do you get the vaccination blues? It’s a feeling of ‘enough already’ with all the misinformation and lallygagging with people […]
Slab City — Waiting for the Ocean
Earthquakes near Slab City recently. If California falls into the sea, the Salton Sea and Slab City become ocean front […]
‘The Stand’ 2021: A Wasted Opportunity
‘The Stand’ is one of Stephen King’s quintessential novels. The hardcover version released in 1978 was set in 1980, and […]
Insurrection and Modern Media
It’s easy to get obsessed with online video and narratives of the riot and insurrection at the US Capitol Building. […]
The Self — Seeing ‘I’ to ‘i’
Where lies the self? Is it the ego or the spirit or some place in between? Seeing eye-to-eye means mutual […]
Dead-naming and Death of the Ego
Dead-naming is a new concept that is being defined in writer’s guides for AP Style and others. It occurs when […]
Survival of the Fittest
If you’re going to talk “survival of the fittest” related to a virus, understand what that means. The term “fit” […]
Fountains of Life
“Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilised people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that […]
The New Arbiters of Truth?
Facebook and Twitter as arbiters of truth? Say it ain’t so, but it appears that some people want that to […]
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