Thank you, Antonia! It's been such a long one that I'd forgotten some bits of it myself, and there are still a few loose threads I'll be wrapping up next season (including the lessons of scifi - haven't even *started* on that one, it feels like, so I will be calling on your I've-read-all-the-books expertise yet again)...
Ditto that...and Antonia, a walking neighbor up the street loaned me your book. I loved it and have since purchased copies at my local indie bookstore for myself and gifted it to other walkers I know.
That is so delightful to hear, thank you! I’m in Portland, Oregon, this week, and it’s reminded me how much I used to love walking in cities. How could I forget?! And hooray for indie bookstores!
Thanks, Andrew. I feel much the same way - except, I don't know how much "we" applies here (there are now plenty of scientists reading this newsletter who could comment on this in the kind of detail I'm incapable of offering), but "I" certainly have a lot to learn, and it's certainly a lot of fun charting my own ignorance!
It’s only when it’s all listed like this that you see just how much you’ve covered in only 11 months! And such a huge variety (on top of the ‘official’ season(s)!) 🤩
Looking forward to seeing where you take us next! 😁
Thanks, Kathlyn. It's been a journey! I'm quite looking forward to being a bit more focused with the next season - although, let's face it, my "focused" is most people's "is he having some kind of breakdown?", so we'll see how that goes.
And I *still* feel like an idiot for taking so long to sign up and start reading what you're doing. Now I get why everyone's been raving about your work. :)
Hah - I'm not sure about it, myself! Everything I read suggested it was architecturally driven - and this is the kind of thing where you really need atmospheric scientists in the room as well. Maybe that work was done, I don't know - but what if it created a parching rain shadow across all the urban farms in Berlin? https://greencitygrowers.com/blog/urban-farming-berlin/ Or the opposite, to create local flooding every time there's a big deluge? So - yeah, visually it's terrific. But like most geoengineering projects, there's a lot of questions to answer before it stops being something of a gamble on an epic scale...
Such a great season, Mike! Thanks so much for giving me something to look forward to and inspire me in my own writing every dang time!
Oh gosh, that's very kind, sir! And thank YOU for what you're doing. Very happy reader here.
I’d forgotten how much fun this all was! Thanks for the great work you do, Mike. Awesome!
Thank you, Antonia! It's been such a long one that I'd forgotten some bits of it myself, and there are still a few loose threads I'll be wrapping up next season (including the lessons of scifi - haven't even *started* on that one, it feels like, so I will be calling on your I've-read-all-the-books expertise yet again)...
All the books YOU read, you mean! I am right in the middle of "This Is How You Lose the Time War" on your recommendation!
HOORAY. Please report back...
FUN. Is my report.
Ditto that...and Antonia, a walking neighbor up the street loaned me your book. I loved it and have since purchased copies at my local indie bookstore for myself and gifted it to other walkers I know.
That is so delightful to hear, thank you! I’m in Portland, Oregon, this week, and it’s reminded me how much I used to love walking in cities. How could I forget?! And hooray for indie bookstores!
Wowza! A real tour de force! Well done Mr. Sowden!
A tour de farce, did you say? YES. That's my intention. Thank you, Anne - praise from the praiseworthy indeed.
ps. *SKWON*.
Wonderful, Mike! Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Thank you so much, Jolene! And since we're at it, I love what you've been doing recently - the stories you're digging up are so great. MORE PLS.
Thanks, Mike! :)
dfinetly good read
Ta. :)
Enjoyed this article.
Thanks for reading, Pam!
Mike, very fun stuff. All of this basically hearkens back to the central question: how well do we understand the nature of reality?
The answer seems to be not very well at all, at least not yet. Color is such a vivid example of this.
Thanks, Andrew. I feel much the same way - except, I don't know how much "we" applies here (there are now plenty of scientists reading this newsletter who could comment on this in the kind of detail I'm incapable of offering), but "I" certainly have a lot to learn, and it's certainly a lot of fun charting my own ignorance!
Ignorance isn't really bliss, but for me, awareness of ignorance is. I love knowing how much I don't know!
Congratulations Mike. Time for some well-earned downtime.
*mumbles thanks while face-down in the back garden*
It’s only when it’s all listed like this that you see just how much you’ve covered in only 11 months! And such a huge variety (on top of the ‘official’ season(s)!) 🤩
Looking forward to seeing where you take us next! 😁
Thanks, Kathlyn. It's been a journey! I'm quite looking forward to being a bit more focused with the next season - although, let's face it, my "focused" is most people's "is he having some kind of breakdown?", so we'll see how that goes.
Nah, I get the flitterbrain thing. I’m a bit that way myself!
My goodness, you’ve been busy! Looking forward to what comes next!
Thank you!
And I *still* feel like an idiot for taking so long to sign up and start reading what you're doing. Now I get why everyone's been raving about your work. :)
I wish the Berg had been built.
Hah - I'm not sure about it, myself! Everything I read suggested it was architecturally driven - and this is the kind of thing where you really need atmospheric scientists in the room as well. Maybe that work was done, I don't know - but what if it created a parching rain shadow across all the urban farms in Berlin? https://greencitygrowers.com/blog/urban-farming-berlin/ Or the opposite, to create local flooding every time there's a big deluge? So - yeah, visually it's terrific. But like most geoengineering projects, there's a lot of questions to answer before it stops being something of a gamble on an epic scale...