I consider myself a smart and well read man, so up until recently I was surprised that I had never heart the the the concept of "This Inevitable Ruin" before. It's an idea or concept that downfall and destruction is unavoidable. That chaos is an unchangeable outcome no matter what actions we take. That what ever victory we obtain will have a high psychological and moral price, and may be short lived. As my own family, friends, and readers face an unknown future on so many fronts I wonder if such "Inevitable Ruin" awaits us? If it awaits our country or even our world? I am not a nihilist but the concept has been ringing in my ears lately as we seem to careen from one crisis - be it personal, economic, local, state wide, natural or global. This article has started and stopped many times, yet I can't seem to get it right. I even played around with an AI program to see if it would help focus my thoughts, it did n...
Can the City Mouse adjust to life in the country? The day to day adventures of a "city boy" in rural PA trying to adjust to things like chopping wood, growing his own food and dealing with the horrors of the complete lack of a decent Chinese restaurant.