“Science fiction’s appeal lies in combination of the rational, the believable, with the miraculous. It is an appeal to the sense of wonder.” – David Hartwell per Wikipedia I’m a sci-fi fan and have been aware that there are two types of sci-fi: hard science fiction and speculative fiction. According to Wikipedia, it seems that […]
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A recent study found that having too much idle time makes us just as unhappy as not having enough free time. The research … examined the relationship between our overall life happiness and the amount of discretionary time we have … For people who have jobs, the sweet spot of discretionary time is 2.5 hours […]
“He went to Paris, looking for answers, to questions that bothered him so.” ~ “He Went to Paris”, Jimmy Buffet A few years ago my sister was unable to get email or easy phone access and so we wrote letters to each other — most often weekly. In a letter, you have time to tell […]
Writes of Nature 