Conrad Memories from the Future

  When I brought this topic to the group, I realized that the choice between morality and transactions is not actually binary, as you will soon see.  With few exceptions, none of us could be defined strictly as either/or and most human interaction is based in both.  First, let's focus on some more precise definitions so that we can work with clarity. Morality is defined as  principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. The  definition  of  transactional  is something related to a process or other action. An example of  transactional  is the process to negotiate a contract between two people. In America, these have become some very important understandings of interactions during a time of great potential for change, either to the beneficial or to the destructive.  That is coupled with extraordinary need brought on by a pandemic coupled with environmental crisis and very real threats to our democratic system. Just as a fire is accelerated by

  This is my current reading material in terms of books and e-readers.  As you can see, I am an ambibliophile - a totally made up word - who will read from the source that suits me.  The bound book contains ten novels that comprise a series.  The Kindle e-reader I share a library with my wife and my neighbor - with Amazon's blessing, by the way - contains 3,0000+ novels currently.  No preference, but I find the Kindle quite handy and much more convenient to hold and cart around.  My luggage won't hold 3,000+ novels, nor will my book shelves. My wife on the other hand is reading solely from a bound book she borrowed from my Kindle neighbor's wife.  It is what she likes most. I could end this blog piece right here, for I've told my essential stance.  Read the way you like, when you like.  I have no bias except the practical.  But ... I have other friends who feel that there is something special about the bound book, the smell, the feel of the cover and the paper.  I assum