Last Monday, I wrote a Litterfall post about the election, noting my prediction of what would happen, my uncertainty about that prediction, my fear of potential fallout from the election, and my hope that whoever won might prove surprisingly effective at addressing the very real and legitimate grievances being expressed by voters on both sides. … Continue reading A Nation’s Fears Realized
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An Expected Chill: Part Two
Editor's Note: This is the second installment in a story set in Portland, Oregon in the near future. You can read the first installment here. Also, for those who already read last week's installment, note the alteration in title. I had a creative change of heart. It didn't take long for Linsey to fall into … Continue reading An Expected Chill: Part Two
An Expected Chill: Part One
Editor's Note: One of my intents with this blog has been to explore my own writing, including through works of deindustrial science fiction. For the past couple months, I have been mulling a particular near-future scenario based here in Portland, Oregon, with plans to include an eventual story set in this future in a coming … Continue reading An Expected Chill: Part One
Patience in an Emergency
Editor's Note: The past week or two has been particularly challenging for me. I want to point in part at the election raging around us---those of us in America, anyway---as a source of those challenges, but it goes deeper than that. I think of late I've been struggling with my own perceptions of myself, my … Continue reading Patience in an Emergency
Closed System Economics: An Introduction
Back when I worked on different farms, I spent a good deal of time observing my working environments and considering the degree to which each farm I worked for was a closed or open system. I did this out of a curiosity to better understand what it would take to run any single farm as … Continue reading Closed System Economics: An Introduction
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