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Author Archives: T. K. Thorne
How I Was Almost a Prophet
It was a dark and stormy night. Really. I was 15 or maybe 16. My friends had just dropped me off from an outing at the movies. The heavens were raging. Though they pulled the car close to the little … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction, god, life, Prophet, short-story, T.K. Thorne, writing
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A Free-Association Glimpse Into My Mind—Yikes!
I don’t have a single thought in my head so I am just going to start writing and see if maybe something emerges. My book-in-progress is calling because my subject is a 90 -year-old civil rights attorney who has had … Continue reading
The Word that Kills
What happened in the minds of the men who sprayed bullets into the group celebrating Hanukkah on a beach (2025)? Or the Tree of Life synagogue (2018)? Or the man who walked into a church bible study and killed nine … Continue reading
The Future of Struggle
“Struggle” is not a word I naturally embrace. I recently posted this: My housekeeping style can be summed up in 7 words: “There appears to have been a struggle.” Okay, I stole that from a dish towel in a gift … Continue reading
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Tagged A.I., AI, Art, artificial-intelligence, creativity, Israel, Struggle, T.K. Thorne, writing
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People are a Lot More
“People are a lot more than their political inclination.” I read that statement today in a Washington Post article about an older man who found happiness in a wildly diverse group of coffee drinkers at a local café. People came … Continue reading
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Tagged Happiness, History, life, love, politics, Sisterhood, writing
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Who am I, Again?
Who are we? Yes, I’ve been obsessed with this question. I totally understand if you are rolling your eyes. But I think it is the key to unlocking a door that has been locked for a long time, maybe since … Continue reading
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Tagged LUCA, Memory, mindfulness, personal-growth, Reality, T.K. Thorne
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When Truths Collide (Part 2)
“Everything is true but false, all at once,” Jim Reed wrote in his tiny treasure of random thoughts, “What More Can I Say?” The serendipity and resonance of the Universe are startling. Or, Dang, I’ve been thinking about that! Resonance … Continue reading
When Truths Collide
At times, the need arises to hold two concepts in opposition as true. This is discombobulating. My mind craves order and simplicity. I blame that on evolutionary biology. Our most basic level of brain development is reptilian—edible/not edible; fight/flight, sleep/wake, … Continue reading
Do Anti-Zionists Hate Jews?
I never do this. But I am doing it. Rabbi Jonathan Miller wrote a piece titled “Do Anti-Zionists Hate Jews.” It was not a statement or position about Israeli policy but rather about an important principle. I found it made … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionists, Israel, palestine, politics, zionism
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Slash & Burn: Or Just Rearrange a Few Words?
I stared at it, bracing myself. It was a headline. It was subtle and chilling, and I couldn’t help wondering if I was complicit. In 2021, a book I’d labored on for eight years came out. Someone recently referred to … Continue reading
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