Writers Harbor

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • The Vistas of Cosmology

    The vistas of cosmology While I bumble about the place I love to ponder aerospace I love to wonder at the stars Whilst peering past my prison bars I've lived too long with shuttered mind Along with most of humankind But Science now has gifted me The vistas of cosmology. I've stood upon the Martian…

  • My Refuge is a Sunlit Sky

    My refuge is a Sunlit Sky No man can wander 'round this globe A staff in hand and hermit robe From child-like fresh to well-scarred old And fail to note so many ills. He may be brilliant, rich in skills And never want for bread or gold But if there lurks a heart beneath The…

  • In Saturn’s Patient Shadow

        In Saturn’s patient shadow Shielded from the Sun’s glare I lingered for a while Mischievously, Reflecting on the sunlit byways As yet, untraveled Where Man, one day May gingerly, Set foot. Soaking in the Rings And saturated in immensity I’m delighted to see And hear, and sense The Great Cosmic Kindness A latent,…

  • I have stood on the surface of Mars

    I have stood on the surface of Mars and seen, high in the sky, at sunset a tiny star, bright but small reminding me, in all its pale blue fragility of the smallness of Man. We are dreamers, you and I, fellow travelers, for a while puzzling out, musingly, the greatest quest ever conceived. I…

  • Veritas

    “THE MOST DANGEROUS RISK OF ALL – THE RISK OF SPENDING YOUR LIFE NOT DOING WHAT YOU WANT ON THE BET YOU CAN BUY YOURSELF THE FREEDOM LATER… ” Veritas is a Latin word meaning truth… A symbol of my longing for freedom and my hobby of flying things. To see the world on the…

  • The hypocrisy of ‘Black Lives Matter’

    (Background: I have been doing some writing for a website called ‘Quora’. I’ve written just over 100 answers to questions asked by Internet users. This response I wrote had garnered well over 20,000 views and 130 upvotes in a 24 hour period. But once again, their moderator team abruptly censored my writing, and collapsed my…

  • Serenity of da Choppah.

    The other day we were sailing and the weather was gorgeous which provided for a rich blue sea. During these weather settings, viewing from the air, water life becomes very visible. From schools of Dolphins to Whales jumping out of the water. Waiting all day and not flying. I thought all hope was lost to…

  • Dang in Madang!

    Dang We are In Madang! You are f*&&^king crazy. You are stupid…Your f&^%in crazy! The end of a 2 hr conversation and a relationship with my now ex-girlfriend. To be honest, this girl, or lady rather, was the best relationship I had ever had. A skydiver, a traveler, and student pilot that looked stunning. We…

  • Helicopter Pirate

    Helicopter Pirate The other day I realized something quite amazing. I am flying…off a boat…in the middle of the South Pacific. We had just left a port in Rabaul, Papa New Guinea. A place that is plagued with earthquakes as a regular occurrence due to a geographic location settled on the fault line. The previous…

  • Flying with Farihk

    Farewell Farihk. Michael Farihk perished after a fatal helicopter crash with three souls on board a helicopter about an hour outside of Moscow on April 19th, 2016. CFIT and sever IMC where the suspected conditions surrounding the tragedy. Letter to Misha. Dear Misha, Good bye dear friend with great sorrow may you have Veritas forever…

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