Living Off the GRID
For about 18 years Jude and I lived off the GRID on a horse/wind/sun powered farm we called Summer Hill. Living off the GRID for that long teaches you lessons that are hard to forget. We used as little...
View ArticleAn “F” In Penmanship
I recently did an email interview where I was asked “What do you wish people in their 20′s and 30′s knew about life?” The answer was pretty clear to me. The younger we are, the less likely we are to...
View ArticleJust Like in the Tribes of Eden
Another cool case of life mirroring art. Golden Letters would fit right into the Shire. All they need is a young woman and a crazy wild horse. “Golden Letters is a new programme based in Brenalwood...
View ArticleThe Magic of Magical Realism
When I am writing fiction, my taste runs toward something called “magical realism.” The wiki has a good summary of the concept: Magic realism or magical realism is an aesthetic style or genre of...
View ArticleLife In The Shire
One of the most interesting things about fiction is that, for the most part, it is really just life— artfully arranged. Almost all of the scenes, incidents and characters we read about in novels can...
View ArticleRickrolling Tribes of Eden
The New Jersey Library Association recently posted a YouTube video asking participants at its 2012 conference what books they were reading for the summer. We couldn’t help loving the juxtaposition of...
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Syracuse Book Festival Features Post-Apocalyptic Tribes of Eden
Local author William H. Thomas, a Harvard-trained physician, award-winning social activist, visionary eldercare reformer, mixed-power farmer, musician, and playwright, brings his vision for a new...
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Tribes of Eden Book Club at Pioneer Conference
[This post was originally published on The Green House Project Blog] By Melissa Honig, The Green House Project It’s not often that you get the chance to hear the author read excerpts from their book,...
View ArticleHow To Put The World Back Together Again
Tribes of Eden explores the fundamental experiences that make us human and creates a scenario in which elders help restore humanity after the downfall of society, author William H. Thomas explained...
View ArticleLiving Off the GRID: Wild Edibles
One of the themes in Tribes of Eden I personally found compelling was the idea of getting closer to nature and living off the land. Readers get their first taste of this when the survivors of the...
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