Five Years a Writer

TRUE SHORT STORY:   While three men and one woman hurtle their way around the moon, down here on earth an idiot world leader hijacks the major networks to deliver 19 minutes of hyperbolic tripe to a world left wondering WTAF is going to happen next. Meanwhile, a petite French woman shares her story of intimate horrors with calm, intense dignity for all the world to respect. In my small corner of that world, Holly, the cat, turns 18, and I learn of a remarkable American composer who won the first Grammy ever for music scored for a video game. All this together, in just one week. Our world is as mad as it can be magnificent. Let us choose more magnificence, less madness… I was mesmerized by the launch of Artemis II on April 1 -- more vivid in every way than I recall the moon landing on July 20, 1969. Back then, grainy black & white on a tiny TV; today in vivid colour and real time, with ongoing live updates from the crew on any device I choose.  AMAZING In July 2018, during ...