I want to live on the alternate Timeline where Reagan was never elected president. Which, by the way, is central to the plot of my cli-fi novel Weather Menders. One of the main tasks of our Time Travelers—three from 2050, three from 2350, and one mysterious and wise gray time-traveling cat—is to ethically alter the past by thwarting the behind-the-scenes machinations that influenced the 1980 election.
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Ceremony: Rest in Power and Peace, President Jimmy Carter
I was at the Buffalo Dances at Cochiti Pueblo in northern New Mexico when President Jimmy Carter’s spirit left his body and this Earth. And somehow, for me, this was appropriate and poignant timing.
Of Chosen Family and “Childless Cat Ladies”
Maybe we should all claim the honorific “childless cat lady”—whatever your gender, sexual orientation, or age, whether you have cats, dogs, other companion animals, or just love wildlife and the Earth, and whether or not you have raised children and/or grandchildren.
Be Unpredictable: Smash the Algorithm (and AI Too)!
The "Escape the thought police" game When I was a child of perhaps nine years old, my best friend, also named Debbie, and I used to play an odd game called “Escape the Thought Police.” Bear in mind that this was the mid-60s and though we were both reading at adult level by that age, … Continue reading Be Unpredictable: Smash the Algorithm (and AI Too)!
None of This Had to Happen
Meditation and prayer help, but even after 30+ years of practice I can’t currently seem to sustain the feeling of calm non-attachment the way I used to before times were so relentlessly hard.
Dorjee Purr-ba—My Inspiration for Georgie the Weather Menders Time-Traveling Cat
My beloved cat Dorjee Purr-ba, who was the model and inspiration for Georgie the time-traveling cat in Weather Menders, leaped fearlessly into the Light on March 2nd.
