Pale Blue Lives - Pale Blue Collection - E-book - ePub

The Pale Blue Collection consists of fables, parables, tales, and verse. Pale blue lives, reminiscent of Carl Sagan's image of Earth as a pale blue dot. Our lives, large as they are to us, are short stories in the collection of life. Fables of Forty Hectare Farm. Owlbert, Dolly llama, and Fergus dispense wisdom of the head, heart, and hands to a cast of dozens. Mental, spiritual, and practical words of wisdom.
You may find yourself on Forty Hectare Farm. Parables of Modern Life. Based on common wisdom, these are parables in the form of hundred-word stories. They explore a range of contemporary adult topics, such as: the playfulness of sex, the finality of death, and the politics of deception. Tales More than True. Some dæmons hide in plain sight as other people. Or as ourselves, for it isn't always obvious who is the hero, merely who tells the tale.
Tales are more than true that reveal who we are more than what we do. Big Ideas in Small Verse. This is a set of exercises exploring big ideas, like freedom and purpose. But big ideas don't need big words. Little ones are more friendly and fun. Verse offers delight and[.]