But the handwriting was not that of my ex-wife. Furthermore, Paola and I were married on a September evening, and she departed before we’d made it through four summers together.
What kind of joke was this? I closed the book and examined its cover. No title—indeed, no printing of any kind on the outside. I opened it again and turned leaves until I found the title page, which identified it as an early German edition of Heisenberg’s The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory. Thirteen years ago, this book started me down the unexpected path to my present project.
Note: See But Wait! There’s More…. for an explanation of the 100 Words project. Read the previous installment or the next one.
© 2008 Edward F. Gumnick
It was fun to read them start to finish! I see the science coming down the track, too. I am wondering if you hadn’t said “it’s a dream” to me whether I would read it differently. I have a question. In your mind, are these segments running back to back, or is there some little amount of story taking place between the segments? G.
They go one right after another. (I think.)