{"id":1134,"date":"2022-07-26T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2022-08-09T08:26:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T15:26:27","slug":"writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-blog-entry-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-blog-entry-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Matt Miller in the Colonies &#8211; Blog Entry 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1134\" class=\"elementor elementor-1134\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfc7774 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfc7774\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b302c53\" data-id=\"b302c53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e44b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e44b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight ); color: #000000;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-family),Sans-serif; font-size: 3rem; font-weight: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-weight);\">JUly 26, 2022 \u2013 BLOG ENTRY 9<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7445726 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7445726\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7e0a6f\" data-id=\"c7e0a6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca2957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ca2957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My father eventually started putting more challenging books in my room. At an early age, I was reading Jules Verne and HG Wells. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Time Machine, and War of the Worlds captivated me. Something profound leaked from my psyche when the alien ships in War, so close to destroying humanity, began to crash as they succumbed to the common cold.<\/p><p><i>\u201cMartians\u2014dead! \u2014slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared; slain as the red weed was being slain; slain, after all man\u2019s devices had failed, by the humblest things that God, in his wisdom, has put upon this earth.\u201d ~ <b>HG Wells.<\/b><\/i><\/p><p>I remember this overwhelming feeling that something else was going on in the Universe, and it was just on the edge of my understanding. Were diseases placed on earth to protect us from an Alien invasion? Did HG Wells make it up, or did he have some more profound knowledge of how the Universe operated? 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