Outside my window as I write, I gaze down at the Minas Basin, home to a First Nations legend. Long dismissed as a fantasy for the tribal elders to amuse their children with, it turns out to be a narrative about a strange phenomena that changed the environment in a flash.
One of your best ever, Barry. I should qualify that. One of your best since I first stumbled into you. [A year, maybe? Working on the subscription thing btw. Living on SS, so I need to juggle a few things first.]
All that said, how you manage to research so much, let along translate it into a coherent [and fun] essay for the rest of us, never ceases to amaze me, This one? I rest my case.
And, if anyone has ever validated Kur Vonnegut the way this one does, I would like to see it. Pretty sure that it doesn’t exist.
“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for thousands of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
One of your best ever, Barry. I should qualify that. One of your best since I first stumbled into you. [A year, maybe? Working on the subscription thing btw. Living on SS, so I need to juggle a few things first.]
All that said, how you manage to research so much, let along translate it into a coherent [and fun] essay for the rest of us, never ceases to amaze me, This one? I rest my case.
And, if anyone has ever validated Kur Vonnegut the way this one does, I would like to see it. Pretty sure that it doesn’t exist.
“1492. As children we were taught to memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for thousands of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.” - Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Please, don't ever stop.
Pete
Wow that's a great quote! A SciFi fan like me should have put that in the article!
Thanks for your comments, BTW! The reward is not just the writing...but being read.
Cheers! Barry