by Stephen Wing | Jun 29, 2026 | Blog, Uncategorized
Call me lazy, but the sheer number of possible greetings-in-passing, conversational gambits, and substitutes for “hello” finally wore me down. Like an old-fashioned answering machine with no mazelike menu of options, I narrowed them all down to a simple,...
by Stephen Wing | May 26, 2026 | Politics
The ruthless cruelty of ICE is not incidental. Cruelty is the point. The lies of Trump and his accomplices are not random. Lying is the point. The corruption of Trump and his cronies is not a fluke. Corruption is the point. The chaotic blitz of Executive Orders is not...
by Stephen Wing | May 1, 2026 | Blog, Nature, Poetry
A visitor arriving on Earth from any other planet would be immediately struck by the sheer beauty and abundance of this place we natives take for granted. Pure air to breathe. Sweet water to drink – or dive right into. A perfect temperature range to sustain life....
by Stephen Wing | Apr 1, 2026 | Blog, Nature
Once upon a time there was a king so rich that he refused to eat from the same dish twice. His servants brought each new delicacy to the royal table on a freshly manufactured plate, and served each cup of mead in a brand-new chalice, straight from the box. Out in his...
by Stephen Wing | Feb 25, 2026 | Blog
After centuries of sci-fi visions and nightmares, sightings and speculations, mysterious abductions, scientific scrutiny of the heavens, top-secret government investigations, cover-ups and conspiracy theories, an alien intelligence has finally arrived on Planet...
