I promised an update on priorities within a week in the recent post, Making decisions. So here it is: I am focusing on writing a sci-fi book next. The story will be about the withering away of the military industrial complex and its replacement by the multinational Entertainment-Food-Cosmetic Consortium–sponsors of extreme reality TV. Which will [...]
Thirty-one years ago, among other reasons, I began practicing Buddhism to make better decisions. Actually, not just to make better ones but to decide period. I had no difficulty seeing alternatives but real difficulty choosing among them. Over the years I have become better at it but from time to time it still comes back to [...]
This next installment on the topic of writing continues with the how part of writing that book. Missed the earlier parts? See part 2 here or go all the way back to part 1. The how relates in part with the what and the why. If you expect to make a living at this, you better [...]
Continue reading about You can write and publish a book, part 3
A couple weeks ago I said that “Yes, you can write and publish a book.” To follow up on that topic, beyond will and determination I mentioned that some research will be required. Like anything else, you get out of writing what you put into it. Little effort produces little result. Ask yourself what and [...]
Not to steal too much of Barack Obama’s verbage here, but translating we to you or I will fairly adjust his message to the self-empowerment topic that is so popular among writers of a certain type inspirational book. It also correlates well with the self-empowerment that I find through the practice of Buddhism. Regardless of whether you [...]
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I liked Talian, but I think I like this one better. Still have to get a couple bugs out, but it is mostly there. The poll, which I had on the left in Talian is now on the right–as you can see. So do let me know what you think. Also, for those of you [...]
Continue reading about Still Changing the View–of the Views from Eagle Peak
OK, very punny. Anyway, because changing the template of a Wordpress blog is WAY easier than migrating a website to a new version of Joomla (and adding lots of new content), changes are coming first here. I am still working on it live as I post this, so there will still be a few more updates in the [...]
Continue reading about A New Look–Or Should I Say A New View
Eclectic it may be, this blog still needs a focus. That focus is coming, in the form of attention to changes forthcoming in America. Not just the ones Obama hopes will put him in the White House, but the kinds that futurists talk about. Unlike other past and present futurists, I want to offer more realistic and [...]
The May/June issue of The VVA Veteran is now out on the web, including a review by historian Marc Leepson. Here’s a brief excerpt:
Writing in a breezy, quote-filled style, Maberry chronicles his life and times, which included shaking hands with Gen. Westmoreland following an in-country church service, turning against the war after he came home, [...]
Continue reading about Marc Leepson Review of Waiting for Westmoreland
They work in the mine or temporary construction projects, leaving family behind. They’re young and transient, finding work where they can. One just left for a better job in Alaska; a long haul from New Mexico for a Washington State resident. Another leaves today for Wyoming, with his parents hauling the trailer back to Arizona [...]
Continue reading about There are stories here, among the monthly KOA dwellers