About M. E. Corey
Writing songs was my first love with the intention of becoming a singer with a band of my own. I have written hundreds of songs, most in the key of A-minor and most about unrequited love. Though I’d hoped to be a lead guitarist, sadly my talents did not pass rhythm guitarist.
Writing novels takes up my song writing time these days. I have written about dozens of characters, but only a few of them have been in a completed story. Out of Blue Comes Green is my favorite of my books.
If there’s anything I love more than writing, it would be my dogs. Dogs are pure love.
Chichen Itza
Of all my travels, one of my favorites was touring through Mexico to see the Aztec and Maya ruins. Such amazing structures.
In many places, excavators know they haven’t found all of the ruins due to the massive overgrowth of greenery. So there’ll be buildings like this one, side by side with a lush, jungle-like space.
Iceland
The Icelandic horse is only raised in Iceland. They’re amazing creatures, built seemingly just for shorter people like me.
This is Socke. He was my stead for our excursion on horseback. He had a preference for being at the head of the group. So he would smack his nose into the horse ahead of us and pass by on the left. Not my preferred social exchange, but it got him what he wanted.
London
Behind me is the Millennial Bridge. We’ve done a couple tours of the features and buildings along the Thames River. My favorite is Tower Bridge by the Tower of London.
Of all the cities I’ve visited, London is my favorite. I think it helps that I speak the language (mostly), but what’s intriguing is how different they are from Americans when so many Americans originated in England or nearby.
For a while, it was also quite fun to explore the different chocolate bars they have. More and more, though, all of that has homogenized with America. It’s not nearly as enjoyable.
Australia
One of the last trips my wife and I took with our students was to New Zealand and Australia. Both beautiful countries.
The highlight was snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef. I am a decent swimmer, but I have never liked the water. Scuba diving was out of the question, though teenage me is still appalled that adult me could miss an opportunity. Snorkeling, though, was amazing!
England
Lacock Abbey in Wiltshire, England, is where some of the hallway scenes in the Harry Potter movies were filmed. While I no longer can be a fan of the author, I have a difficult time dismissing Harry Potter overall.
Japan
The torii gates at the Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto are amazing and massive. The ten thousand torii gates at this Shinto shrine are found along the 233 meter path up Mount Inari, named for the patron god of rice, sword smiths, and general prosperity. Inari is genderless.
Costa Rica
For the winter holiday, we visited Costa Rica and stopped at San Rafael Church to walk through the Evangelista topiary garden. The shrubs were great! These, which were off the beaten path, had gorgeous twisted branches. The regular shrubs had a distinct odor to them that cannot be described as pleasant.
Ephesus
When I visited Greece with students for the second time, I almost skipped this tangent over to Ephesus because I didn’t have enough money.
This is the Ephesus Library, rebuilt. Pretty sure the books haven’t survived.
Scotland
Scotland usually has just the right weather for me. This is Eilean Donan Castle on the Isle of Skye. Beautiful landscape on a beautiful day.
Norway
Mythological death and afterlife beliefs fascinate me. I had the opportunity to visit the Viking Ship Museum in Norway and see the Oseberg Viking ship, discovered in a large burial mound in Sweden.
On the same trip, my wife and I saw our favorite band a-ha. We’ve been fans of their music since 1986 and have all of their albums. My favorite is 2000’s Minor Earth, Major Sky. The title for Out of Blue Comes Green comes from an a-ha song from their 1988 album Stay on These Roads.