J: You say there is a Third Wave coming. Is this to be in our lifetime?
MA: James, I did not say it was coming - I said it is here. While we discuss very small outbreaks of every exotic disease known, the real killer keeps penetrating our species until it has reached global saturation.
And that saturation of geography and culture is now complete.
The harsh reality that our species is challenged over and over to survive is the subject, the data is extensive and the outcome is in question.
Come back tomorrow afternoon and we will examine this Third Wave and the carnage that is flowing in its wake.
January 9, 2011
Carson City, Nevada
Sunday Morning
I looked at the number on my caller ID and did not recognize it - normally I would just let it go to voice mail and screen the caller, but for some reason I answered and was shocked to hear MA.
She had never called me. I don’t even remember when I gave her the number to my personal cell. But it was her.
MA: James how are you? Are you still in town?
J: I am doing well MA. And yes, I am at the Nugget having breakfast.
MA: Would you be able to come over this afternoon for cocktails and snacks?
J: I would love to.
MA: Great, see you at 3:00.
It was a nice day for the high sierras. Not brutally cold or snowing just gray and below freezing. I spent the day doing bachelor chores and reading.
MA looked excellent and in good spirits. Being Sunday, her housekeeper was off and we had the old house to ourselves.
Settling into the chair by the fire, I swished my drink a bit apprehensively and waited for her to join me.
MA: Did you have a nice Christmas?
J: I had an excellent Christmas. Kate and I spent the day together just eating and talking.
MA: That is excellent news. Are you two happy?
J: Well, yes I suppose. We are an odd pair and it is akward at times. But Christmas day was very cozy. If you did not know better you would think we were Ozzie and Harriet.
MA: (Laughing) that is funny. I always hope, somehow, that you and Kate can find peace together.
J: So do I.
MA: I am surprised to find you still in Nevada. I thought you would be back home by now.
J: Well.... It is hard to explain. I seem to it some sort of “time out” mode. Just coasting along.
MA: I notice you stopped writing.
J: Yea, not much lately.
MA: Why do you think that is?
J: I am not sure.
J: You say there is a Third Wave coming. Is this to be in our lifetime?
MA: James, I did not say it was coming - I said it is here. While we discuss very small outbreaks of every exotic disease known, the real killer keeps penetrating our species until it has reached global saturation.
And that saturation of geography and culture is now complete.
The harsh reality that our species is challenged over and over to survive is the subject, the data is extensive and the outcome is in question.
Come back tomorrow afternoon and we will examine this Third Wave and the carnage that is flowing in its wake.
Looking for some clarification on the Third Wave. Is what we have been witnessing the past two months the Third Wave that Mother Abigail spoke of?