Since my mid-twenties (forty years ago) I’ve been writing a book.
Some people know that I “write.” Most don’t really know what I write. Nor can I really explain it to them.
I like to steal a phrase from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and say that I write about “life, the universe, and everything.” That response is a conversation-stopper . . . as intended.
Another of my favorite responses (written about elsewhere) is to say that I’m writing a book to explain all observable phenomena. That also is a satisfyingly effective conversation-stopper.
In my (so far) forty year effort at this thing my guiding question is, “What is Everything?” Stupidly, perhaps, I’ve been working on answering that question. (Hey, I think I hear your mother calling you.)
Later I’ll explain (briefly!) why I think that is a good question to ask.
(Also, this might be a good time to go see what’s on Netflix. Probably time to go binge-watch something.)
For now I’ll just say (seriously, I think that was your mom calling) most everything posted on this site will either be from the Eutopia Book or about it (probably) (and I think the new season of that show you’ve been talking about just came out today).
See you next time!
(Maybe.)
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And, if you just like the pictures, you can skip down to here each time.
For each post I will include a (mostly or entirely) unrelated picture for visual interest with some comments about it, way down here at the end.
For example,
the picture above . . .
I love black and white photography.
I don’t like to turn color pictures into black and white pictures. When I take color pictures I’m thinking about taking color pictures, so those pictures should be in color.
Well, I say that to say, the picture above is one of my favorites – and I took it as a color picture then converted it to black and white. What can I say?
A friend of mine (who later earned a PhD and has taught university-level biology ever since) once told me (quoting someone), “Consistency is for insects.” So, think about that.
It is one of my favorite pictures even though it’s just an image of a puddle where puddles often form by the side of our driveway after it rains.
When the temperature drops after it rains the skin of ice on the surface of the puddle forms bubbles and swirls as the rain water both freezes and drains into the lawn.
For this picture, some of the wispy little bits of snow that started falling stuck on the surface of the iced-over puddle, too.