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Writer, humanist,
dog-mom,
horse-servant,
and cat-slave.
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and the company of good friends.
New places,
new ideas,
and old wisdom.
Author Archives: T. K. Thorne
The Reader’s Mind: A Writer’s Most Important Tool
I am handicapped. Might as well admit it. It’s a fact well known to my dogs. Continue reading
To Dream the Possible Dream
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King urged us to judge people not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. There is no question that poverty and lack of equal education can affect the … Continue reading
Posted in To Dream the Possible Dream
Tagged civil rights, I have a dream, march on Washington, Martin Luther King
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The Wise Win Before the Fight
Violence surrounds us—in the media, in our entertainment and sometimes even in our homes. From the streets of Chicago, to the wars in Iraq and Syria, to video games—violence is a way of life. Must it be? “Those who are … Continue reading
Posted in The Wise Win Before the Fight
Tagged Aikido, anger, child of fear, chronic anger, Evolution, Fear, martial arts, Ueshiba, violence
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A Hand; A Fist
What kind of world allows young American football players to feel comfortable making a video about raping an unconscious girl? A world where the defense against a brutal, fatal rape of a student in India is that “respectable women are … Continue reading
Posted in A Hand; A Fist
Tagged Evolution, ian student, India, Indian Student, Pakistan student, rape, survival, Violence Against Women
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Did Jesus Have a Wife?
Did Jesus have a wife? I live in the Deep South where it is customary to hear prayer “in Jesus’ name” at city functions. Many people here are startled at the idea that anyone could actually have different religious views. … Continue reading
The Most Important Question
“Has human behavior evolved?” The asker leaned toward me, as though I might hold the answer to the most important question in the world. Not the type of query I normally get at a presentation on my novel, Noah’s Wife, … Continue reading
How Mowgli Made a Marine
Early in my marriage, a stepson arrived on my doorstep every other weekend as a troubled 8 year old. A learning disability imprisoned him as poor reader and student to the point that all his tests had to be read … Continue reading
The Stay Alive Rule
We are hard-wired to want it simple. Long ago (400 million years) there was only one basic premise under which we operated –Stay Alive! The conscious part of our brains was evolutionarily geared for simplicity, so we could decide things … Continue reading
How To Worry The Right Way
There’s a lot to worry about. We worry about inflation and that gas prices are too high, or about deflation and that they will go too low. We are worried our investment dollars (however small) may not poof back into … Continue reading
Posted in You Never Know
Tagged dalai lama, investment dollars, lean times, worry, writers, writing, wrong stuff
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