The Golden Thread

About the Book

After worrying with this situation of ‘God’ all of my live, I am reconciled that there is no God of the relationship I have always been taught. --‘God’ started this whole thing with a Big Bang?  (Not if he looked anything like us or cared what we do, especially in this pitiable state of evolution).  By studying our past we find that Man has always had a sense of longing to be better, someone or something to worship, but he was wise enough to call it what it is: his ideas.  This does not encompass the other side of the coin, or dark side of our beings, which I have covered in this book.  --We have discovered that we are so small in the whole scheme of things, an infinitesimal amount of energy, (like one grain of sand in the whole desert of all our world).  Here we are one small atom in the galaxies of space, temporarily ruled by one set of mammals, does it really make a difference what we learn?  --I suppose it does make a difference to us --(not that we can do anything about it, except to try).

About the Author

Following a debilitating stroke in 1976 which left the entire right side of her body paralyzed, Patt Mills began the grueling task of learning to recapture her artistic pursuits—painting, sculpting, and writing—using only her left hand.  If her speech and movement were affected by the stroke, her mental capacities were not, and in addition to relearning tactile skills, she has devoted the past 30 years to reading and study.  As a result she is widely read and can converse knowledgeably on almost any subject one would care to raise.

            She lives independently in Texas with the assistance of her son, and continues her avid pursuit of knowledge, with a keen interest in the evolution of human existence from prehistory to the present.  The Golden Thread, uniquely combining autobiography, observation, and history, is her first book.