by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Ethics
Growing up as an undiagnosed Aspie, I found it interesting to see how things worked. This meant systems, patterns of behavior, and so on. Eventually this got me into archaeology and then history. More recently this has morphed into philosophy, neurology, and...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Books, Japan Novels
Harold and Kinuyo have lived together in the remote mountains of Okayama, Japan since the late 60s. Now in his early 80s, Harold faces living his last years without his beloved wife. A touching tale of love, loss, and living off the land.
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Books, Mithelm Novels, Runewolf
Once, every 12 generations, a man arises who can kill Silverheart, the Father of Beasts. Runewolf thinks it’s him, but so do half his friends and most of the village. Join him as he travels beyond his home for the first time into magical lands of monsters,...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Books, Winter Bullet
Winter Homecoming (Winter Bullet Book 1) Frank D. Winter has been on the road for a long time, trying to outpace his past, and put food on the plate for his kids. At home he’s considered a runaway widower who abandoned his children. Now he’s home and...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Books, Mithelm Novels
Once upon a time, the Shire-Reeve of Molewud Randburyg was summoned to a small village of no import to untangle a mystery. Her job was to understand how a wandering warrior named Horglyth had come to die in the village’s folk meadow. Each person she talks to...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Books, Japan Novels
Single Frames: A Japanese Short Story Collection Follow a man who comes to loath the sound of drums, follow two old friends with different regrets as they hike into the mountains, follow the tragic tale of a Tokyo mom, follow two lovers as they meet under the cherry...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Books, Standalones
Kara Cove-Brown is 11 and she makes her own Christmas presents. One year, she asks her great-grandmother, Nanna Pearl, what she wants Kara to make her. In a brief moment of clarity, Nanna Pearl asks for a White Christmas. The only problem is that no snow is predicted...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 23, 2024 | Books, Haiku, Poetry
108 Breaths: A foreigner’s experience of Japan through haiku “A haiku is but one breath. It is the Kodak moment of modern poetry and it proves all Picasso needed to write a picture was 17 syllables.” In 2004, Mark Wollacott moved to Japan and discovered this...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 21, 2024 | Being, Philosophy, Ponderings
TL:DR: We do not need social media in order to live our lives happily. Social media is more of a want than a need, and in that regard it can lead to distractions, loneliness, stress, and depression. For more rewarding social interactions, try going offline for 30 days...
by M. W. Wollacott | Jun 21, 2024 | Philosophy, Ponderings
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” American Declaration of Independence If there is one aspiration to unite all of humans, then surely it is the pursuit of happiness. It’s even in the American Declaration of Independence. Should it be? Should we all aspire...
