Micro: When his mind detached from his body he saw the murderer stab him repeatedly. Later, he told the detective - who retired. He blamed stress.

Abnormal – nonsense. Suggests a norm, which is a tag placed on those who don’t conform to an elite’s view of itself.

Jack the Ripper – media myth arising when clever individual murderers concocted a monster so as to avoid suspicion.

Micro: Letters create words. Words create language. Language, we are told, permits knowledge & expression. Language is what we are. Are we jailed?

War – conflict where people are made to kill to live. Caused by less than 1% of a population – and experienced by the rest.

The woods were made for the hunter of dreams The brooks for the fishes of song.

There's nothing like seeing the smile on my kids' faces. Laughing together. Playing. It's the best.

I never argue with people about movies.

One of the things we can be sure of over the July 4th weekend is that news reports will keep telling us how many of us are going to die in automobile accidents.

I adored history, not the dry dates and boring battles, but the stories and the people who populated them.

The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis.

Conflicts are not a sign you've married the wrong person. They simply affirm you are human.

I think, to me, reality is better than being fake.

Injustice drives me crazy! It really upsets me when I see politicians lying.

I didn’t even know I could write music, but somehow Walt did. He tapped my hidden talents.