Category: DownFall
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The worst Avatar ever: deceit and greed.
What in the world is going on, you ask? The con.
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Spaceship Earth: the Shape of our Planet!
Or “Can’t We Just Stop Destroying Things?” I just watched Spaceship Earth, which is the story of the Biosphere2 project outside of Tucson, Arizona. I remember touring Biosphere2 with my youngest, a science buff, while visiting my dad in the 2000s. (I miss you, Dad.) It felt like I was inside a terrarium. Warm, moist,…
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Odd #1: Gondor + Earth
This scene always made my skin crawl.
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Am I mad at the Democrats? Are you? (a rare analogy, for me)
I’ve been feeling upset with the Democrats in the House and Senate. Not for anything they’ve been doing. But what they are failing to do. Failing, in my eyes, to stand up to an ILLEGAL COUP. Sometimes I hold the wrong person accountable for wrongs. Standing up to the actual perpetrator feels daunting, and pointless.…
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Two elephants in a Drought Land: a metaphor for war
A travelogue of war books that have stayed with me.