Alwyn Viljoen

Current (and lowest common) thinking is that dinosaurs were dumb, despite living and evolving for 165-180 million years in the not exactly user-friendly environs that was the Mesozoic era. This thinking neglects to add that long, looong after those after-effects of a big meteor had wiped out the big 'uns, their tiny, obviously very intelligent, problem-solving, song-making, sentient-proven avian survivors added another ~60 millions years, which they continue to do to this day.

Bookshelves are where the best memories are held until a suitable mind comes along to share it with. The six writers below made me see my tiny role in the bigger picture, while the remainder helped to word my thinking. Which is huge, for our thoughts become our words become our deeds become our lives.

Gemini created this image that captures so much of the joys of the aisle seat. The post below was a comment to the excellent Please Return To Your Seat essay on Substack by Scot Monaco. IT IS A FUNNY, so hold off with the brandished crucifixes and angry martyrs OK? Because why I have long overpaid my dues as former lay youth pastor and have doubly earned the right to douse in a heavy sense of humour any belief system.