June 24, 2026

Of Shoes, Snow, and Monkeys in a Hot Tub

I was on my first solo trip in Japan. I had arrived in the country as a researcher, full of ambition, and had spent several months being systematically humbled by both the language and the experiments. Nagano felt like a necessary exhale; somewhere to exist without obligation…
June 6, 2026

Out of the Silent Planet: The Sci-fi Series No One is Still Talking About

The book brings out theological issues like the concept of falling from grace, and the impact of a planet’s god on the entire world. Sometimes genre fiction can fall flat when it comes to deeper meanings, but Out of the Silent Planet is not one of those novels.
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