Inspiration
Several times a year I have the opportunity to walk along a beach of the Atlantic or the shore of Lake Michigan at night. The waves surging from an unseen horizon and the stars bring one into the realm of timelessness, of the eternity that so transcends one’s limited life. I experienced many events over the past seven years since I set up this site, many of them happy, and a few of them really full of sadness. But the shore under the stars is a constant in one human life. They nurture mindfullness in the moment and a humble perspective of life and mortality. Walt Whitman’s poem below captures this for me.
In my fiction, and occasional reflection, I aspire to capture being on the beach at night, sometimes alone, sometimes with a kindred spirit, but always with an awe over the miracle of our lives within the universe.
July 25, 2023
On the Beach at Night Alone
Science Fiction: The Girassian Debacle
A science fiction novel published as a serial; chapter one begins here: https://onthebeachatnightalone.com/home/science-fiction/?preview=true&_thumbnail_id=482
Table of Contents: The Girassian Debacle: https://onthebeachatnightalone.com/science-fiction-the-girassian-debacle/
The most recent serial updates are posted below:
On the Beach At Night Alone 