I wrote this on May 4, 2016 while on a train north from Edinburgh to Inverness, pondering some of the history I had encountered as well as the vast open landscape passing by.

In looking at history these past few days, it reminds me how small I am in this grand timeline, and even smaller in the grand scheme of this universe. What am I in this “timeline”, why am I here? It cannot be just to live, reproduce and die? It makes you think differently of this human experience. Seeing the struggle, the war, how the hardness of the land shaped people. Yet the simplicity. If you could avoid the complexities that society puts upon itself, go for that simplicity, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad. Away from these electronics, back to the land. Back to human connection. Continue reading →