Daily Report
I've taken a few days off from writing this blog for a couple of reasons. First (and it's the strongest of the reasons in the long run), I was doing a rewrite on one of the chapters in my current book. The original version wasn't bad, but the entire book took a tailspin and changed dramatically after an unexpected idea popped into the story. That's one of the things I love about writing. While the logical side of me knows I came up with the idea, the creative side of me understands that ideas are often snatched out of thin air. It caused me to repurpose a character (or two), and it meant the story changed direction. I find writing is often a journey, and that's one of the reasons I don't outline.
The second reason was I ended up getting older. I don't get too worked up about birthdays, and that's not going to start just because I turned 70 a few days ago. When I was growing up, we didn't celebrate birthdays. They simply happened. No cards. No specific presents. It was just a day when we sang birthday greetings, maybe even gave playful licks, and then moved on. My only birthday presents for a long time came in the shape of chocolate pies. My mother was a wonderful cook, and she made them from scratch. Delicious, flaky crust, smooth and sometimes still warm chocolate filling, and meringue topping, browned along the top edges!!! Wow! I miss those pies! She made one for me, and one for the rest of the family.
Today's picture is of one of our local squirrels. I've decided to name him Secret Squirrel after a cartoon character I enjoyed in my younger days. He is definitely secretive. He's posing on some yard furniture that needs to be moved, and he's doing it as seven dogs patrol the yard looking for something to chase and bark at. Brave fella--Secret Squirrel!
Alien Contact
"The Truth Is Out There!" was a popular quote from the X-Files, and it continues to resonate with many people who believe the truth is known, but it's being withheld for some reason. Over the years, I've paid attention to news about UFOs and Extraterrestrials (Aliens), and I've come to the conclusion that something's going on. I'm not sure what it may be, but I know something is definitely going on. The stories of UFO sightings are just too common for it all to be simply a matter of misinterpreting what folks are seeing when they look into the skies.
Yesterday, while I was waiting for Sandy to come home with some pizzas, I watched a program about UFOs (I believe it was National Geographic), and one of the witnesses described UFO behavior very similar to something I witnessed over thirty years ago. I sat up a little and squinted as I looked at the video, and I thought, "The only thing they left out was a description of the colors."
So here are my ideas about extraterrestrial life:
- There are no extraterrestrials. (Boring, but it's necessary to keep it handy.)
- Extraterrestrials are there, but the distances between stars means we'll never meet. (Again, boring, but definitely possible based on our current understanding of physics.)
- Extraterrestrials are watching us but keeping their distance. (Still boring, but it explains UFO sightings, and it probably makes sense. Prime Directive rules aside, contact would be bad for a variety of reasons, including potential biological contamination.)
- Extraterrestrials are watching us but keeping their distance because we're not ready for them. (Not boring, but stupid. There are a LOT of things I'm not ready for, including Donald Trump continuing to be free, but aliens don't make the list. If they wanted to invade, they would have done it a long time ago when we were less likely to destroy ourselves while trying to destroy them.)
- Extraterrestrials have made contact with our leaders who have talked them into not being obvious about being here for political reasons. (I'll buy into this one. Stories of alien contact with our leaders go back to FDR, and I can see how they might deem it profitable to keep the aliens in their pockets. Area 51 comes to mind as potential evidence of this. However, and I must have a however to accompany this one, it falls apart in the long-term. That's especially true after Trump hit the scene. Unless the aliens are picky about who they work with, and they probably are smart enough to steer clear of folks like Trump.)
- Extraterrestrials are actually invaders. (This one's the fodder for many science fiction movies, but I tend to believe they're not going to send an armada to conquer us if that's their goal. We're too busy doing their work for them. All they need to do is tweak a politician or two, and they can get the results they want without the expense. This one DOES explain Trump.)
There are other ideas, but they're basically variations on the ones listed above. Personally, I don't think we're alone. I do believe they're watching us, and I do believe they're not all bad guys (who said there was just one alien civilization out there?)
That's enough for now.
Take care. Stay Safe.
cma
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