Give Chase… What’s funny to me, and almost scary, is how God’s Spirit orchestrates circumstances driven by a plan I cannot see. He brought me here, to this place, this moment, to find a post buried in an archive rarely checked, to be a perfectly timed reminder. It’s not snowing yet, but it’s coming… * […]
Category: Rants, Random Thoughts, & Ramblings
I think I just experienced an evening I’ll remember forever. It all started with an advertisement for an OpenMic Night event that caught my attention. Some part of me told myself, here’s an opportunity to do something you’ve never done. So, I did it this evening. Everything tonight revolved around the concept that kept ringing […]
I’ve often heard the phrase “don’t write a check your ‘body’ can’t cash” in the context of something physical or challenging that exceeds one’s perceived capability. But what if the demands faced are more cerebral? Replace ‘body’ with ‘mind’ and reread it. The same principle applies for the most part, but now the ‘heart’ becomes […]
I enjoy sitting on the deck watching a late summer thunderstorm approach. Even without seeing the dark clouds building, you can feel it. Anticipate the arrival even before the first leaf stirs. There’s a storm coming. Conditions are perfect for strong winds of influence, potentially damaging… not property, but feelings, and unleashing flash floods of […]
I decided to sit down and work on the next chapter of Undaunted this evening, and didn’t…not a word. The Relentless Wench Muse was in one of her moods, and I’ve learned that when She’s in one, feeding my inspiration has been temporarily deprioritized. And then stuff like this happens… Still Here It’s still here, […]
Author Thoughts Today – Hurled – 091525 Have you ever side-armed a flat stone across a still pond and watched it skip? The harder the stone is hurled, the more it skips before giving in to gravity and slipping into the ultimate destination – the water of the pond. A Life of Faith is a […]
Author Thoughts Today No More Turning Away – 091125 As I packed away my laptop to head into the building at a job I had just started a week earlier with Roche Diagnostics in Indianapolis, I caught the tail end of a new broadcast that said a small private plane had crashed into the World […]
A cup of coffee on the deck with two cats watching the sun hiding behind a foggy shroud was my silent time this morning. One of the benefits of being unsupervised is the freedom to enjoy the peace and solitude of a new day. I listened for the still, small voice of God but only […]
Lost I’m writing today, as in most days, highly focused and dialed into a storyline…and, oh look, a squirrel. Perhaps I’ve confused reaching saturation with being highly focused. I had so many tabs open across the top of my browser that I lost count, but what was the point? It was too damn many to choose […]
As I researched Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Dreamscape Conspiracy Series, I became convinced that no single definition does complete justice to what AI can be or how it can behave in human hands. Scientific discussions and exploratory investigations span a spectrum ranging from courageous innovations to catastrophic impacts on humanity. Given that I am […]