The World's a Mess

Hello friends,

Here we are, floating in space on what Sagan called the Pale Blue Dot, and what Fuller called Spaceship Earth. We’re floating together. I hope that gives you some comfort. It does me.

Fires. Hurricanes. Floods. Famine. War. Disease. Upheaval. Poverty.

It’s all taking a toll, isn’t it? On our psyches, our health, our communities…

Our sense of well being.

I’ve been reading a lot lately. And watching films. And Ted Lasso. I’m so grateful for the stories. I’ve always been grateful for the stories. I often say that books saved my life. That was true in my childhood and it feels true, now, even as I’m writing them. Story transports me to the world I want to live in. Story gives me hope.

The quote I used for this week’s title comes from X, a favorite band from my youth. They wrote that when we were still poised on the brink of nuclear war, and we were starting to yell more loudly about the climate disaster we now live in.

Here we are, still fighting to help one another. And that’s the other thing that saves me: remembering all the people out there, offering help to one another, and creating beauty together.

People like you.

Thank you friends. I hope you are doing as well as possible right now.

Thanks for being here. Thanks for reading, and creating, and helping, and just existing.

Wishing you well.

— Thorn

ps: Thanks to everyone who backed my Kickstarter! A whole heap of stretch rewards are going out today. Missed it? The Bookshop Witch ebook is now up for pre-order.