Welcome to my blog about ”What Moves Me”
Writer, humanist,
dog-mom,
horse-servant,
and cat-slave.
Lover of solitude
and the company of good friends.
New places,
new ideas,
and old wisdom.
Author Archives: T. K. Thorne
Sometimes Less Words are Better
Six years ago, this young man started 7th grade at Maranathan Academy as a critically at-risk student. I had just started volunteer-teaching creative writing. He graduated HS and enlisted in the Army. Last week, on leave after boot camp, he walked into … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
Chicago Angels
A true and funny story that happened a few years ago. It’s about angels and life and Bob. This is a rewritten repost but something set me thinking about Bob, and he is worth a revisit! I was thrilled that … Continue reading
A Name and a Promise
Rob Langford is probably not a name you are familiar with. He was a quiet, thoughtful man who wanted to make things better. When the FBI chose him to serve as Special Agent in Charge of the Birmingham, Alabama office, … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 4 little girls, Birmingham church bombing, civil rights, Rob Langford, T.K. Thorne
5 Comments
Our Addiction to Simplicity
A friend sent me a little story about someone who mocked a man for buying a fancy car, asking him if he realized how many people the money that he spent on the car could have fed. The man recounted … Continue reading
Free Will—Do We Have It?
It was a strange request. The inquirer wanted to know what my thoughts on “free will” were? His interest revolved around his thirty-year struggle with the concept as it related to drug addiction issues in his family and recent neurology … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged consciousness, Free will, meditation, mindfulness, philosophy
4 Comments
Land of Ice and Fire
Last month, I promised a report on my trip to Iceland. Did not expect that they would be waiting for an imminent volcanic eruption from an area we were just visiting! As of this post, one area has sunk and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Comments
Who are We?
Who are We? Nothing was more tedious for me as a student than the requirement to memorize dates and events of the past. What’s so important about the past, anyway? As an avid reader of science fiction, I was much … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
2 Comments
The Forgiveness of Whales
Until recently, scientists thought humans were the only species with the specialty brain neurons responsible for higher cognitive functions like self-awareness, a sense of compassion, and language. They were wrong. Fifteen million years before humans, whales began evolving these special glial … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
7 Comments
The Lights in Our Eyes
A Note: If you are receiving this twice, it may be because I am posting it here and on another platform called Substack. (If so, my apologies and feel free to cancel your subscription to one or the other. You … Continue reading
The Meaning of Life
When I was young, I had a deep need to understand the meaning of life. It consumed me. A knot inside that HAD to be untangled. Why was I alive? Why was I me? I believed if I thought about it hard … Continue reading
T. K. THORNE 