What to Love about Writing?

There are an estimated 70 sextillion stars in our universe.
Dark matter comprises 70 percent of the fabric of the cosmos. Its nature remains a mystery, but some think it may be shadows cast from parallel universes.

The Vine of the Dead is an Amazonian plant said to grant entry into the land of revelations.

MK Ultra was the project name for the infamous mind control experiments conducted by the CIA in the ‘50’s.

Hitler became Chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. Within a month seven articles of the German constitution were invalidated, including free speech, free press, freedom of assembly, the right to confidential post, telegraph and telephone communications and protection against house searches and confiscation of property.

The “procedure room” at the Oakland morgue smells like bleach.

In Costa Rica there are butterflies as big as a man’s outstretched hand.

The renderings in the Caves of Lascaux date back to the Paleolithic era, 15,000 BC. The paintings were discovered by a couple of kids walking their dog.

I love writing because I get to learn.

What thoughts would a man think if he were stranded on a life raft in the middle of the ocean, if his nagging wife of thirty years lay comatose in the raft beside him? What emotions would swell in his throat, or eat at his stomach lining? How would it be to suck the eyeballs of a fish for water?

I love writing because it makes me wonder hard.