I am passionate about the cause of the world peace. I believe in our ability as a species to get along without killing each other and it is hard to keep that conviction out my fiction. It is my character's struggles to be better humans that interests me most. From early 2012 on I have maintained a blog in which I often write about empathy and what I call intra-species harmony. Others have told me that they would enjoy having these short essays available together in book form. So I have arranged the pertinent posts into twelve loose categories. This book is being published right before Christmas 2016. A lot has changed in the world, and in my own life, over the past four years. But what has not changed is that I continue to cherish time with those I love, and to recognize how others do the same throughout the world. This book is my holiday card; my way of wishing hope, joy and peace to every human on earth, with no exceptions.