It is no longer so easy to divide the world into industrialised countries and the rest. Every country has now been touched heavily by industrialisation.

People have all these plans and all these expectations for themselves and their offspring but it's good just to be alive. When so many are not.

The planet may yet survive despite our best efforts.

Thanks bubba boo. For giving me a reason not to jump off a cliff. No matter what happens.

The key: write like you've got nothing to lose.

The mountains don't offer complete silence. You can still hear the ringing in your ears.