Stranger than Fiction… The only thing currently in the neighborhood that could be stranger than fiction is an eclipse of the Moon in Scorpio. For those who may still be wondering, the past two editions have been fiction essays that were based on my April Fool’s parody, “An Open Letter to the Space Brothers.” I … Read more
Light Bath From aboard the Mothership Dawn, April 2005 THE LIGHT HYDROGEN POND. One level up, and third door on the left. I collected my leather bag, thinking nothing of leaving my carry-on and laptop case behind. Fourth and sixth densities. Space critters with Holiday Inn pencils monitoring activity on Earth back to the days … Read more
From Aboard the Mothership Dawn April 5, 2005 — A six-mile long spacecraft is not really a spacecraft; it’s more like a portable asteroid. It’s also somewhere particularly easy to get lost, against which a variety of precautions are taken. This particular six-mile ship has an unusual property: it can exist in two dimensions at … Read more
An Open Letter to the Space Brothers Dear Space Brothers: Please forgive the formality of a typewritten letter, and I really hope you’ve adjusted your Spam settings some time in the past 75 years so that this gets through to you. We have a lot of problems with that and they drive Chelsea crazy. I … Read more
Happy Birthday, Aries! I have suggested that you are heading into a rare, strange four seasons, something that exceeds your experiences and expectations. How is the trip so far? Pretty interesting, right? This is, however, a good time to raise a particular spiritual matter, which we could call the matter of the soul. The soul … Read more