Wind is a marvelous invention. I brace for it and then realize I no longer need to.
Nonsensical Disclaimers
Those statements at the beginning of novels that claim that any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental puzzle me. Why are they necessary? Did someone once win much money in some lawsuit over being villainized in a book? I can’t think of any other reason for this fantasy. Can it seriously be imagined that writers conjure characters out of thin air with no basis in real people. All of the characters in all of my writing have sprung from people I have known or seen or heard about. Composites, mostly, but parts of the ‘living or dead’.
Had An Interesting…
…conversation with an interesting man and talked about how it is not possible to see both sides of a coin, even when it is on end. I offered the idea that it was only possible if we got far enough away from it, but on further reflection realize this is not true. Restricted by two eyes set as they are in our head it will never be possible no matter how great the distance. Unless we could take on the aspect of an insect with eyes on stalks. Unless we go beyond mere sight and accept vision.