Finding perspective in awe

 

My browsing this morning brought me to an article in The Atlantic by science writer Marina Koren. In her story, "Galaxy Brain Is Real," she says:

Nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Credit NASA, ESA, STScI

"Imagine yourself at a scenic vista somewhere on Earth, such as the rim 

of the Grand Canyon or the shore of an ocean stretching out past the horizon line. As your brain processes the view and its sheer vastness, feelings of awe kick in. Looking at a photo is not the same, but we might get a dose of that when we look at a particularly sparkly Hubble picture of a star cluster.

Grief: Insights and Tips for Teenagers

The mail came today. I got to open a box to see this book in print. 

In addition to insights and quotes from writers and poets and philosophers like Pat Conroy and Terry Tempest Williams and Cormac McCarthy, Mary Oliver and Rita Dove and Robert Frost, Seneca and Khalil Gibran and Marcus Aurelius, this book also contains insights from six teenagers who were brave and generous enough to share their stories about what it was like to lose a parent or sibling or best friend.

Some were eager to share and some were reticent, but all of them were willing -- willing to share their experiences in the hope they might help other kids who find themselves on the same path. The publisher sent me a half dozen copies. I'm signing those and sending them to Grace and Dexter, to Bailey and JDB, to Kate and Logan. 

Available 23 November 2020:

https://www.amazon.com/Grief-Insights-Tips-Teenagers-Empowering/dp/1538136929

Early Kentucky Art -- A review

Glad to have a book review in Kentucky Monthly Magazine (Vol 23, Issue 3, April 2020, pg 52):

Online at:
https://issuu.com/kentuckymonthlymagazine/docs/april_2020_kymonthly