5.0 out of 5 stars If you feel alone in your suffering, this is the book to hold.
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022
Verified Purchase
Somehow,
Michael
has
been
able
to
take
the
most
searing
loss
and
transform
it
into
words
that
bless,
comfort
and
inspire.
Two
other
resources
help
me
with
grief:
the
movie:
What
Dreams
May
Come
and
the
CD/book,
Graceful
Passages.
When
She
Died
stands
powerfully
beside
these
masterpieces.
It
brings
understanding,
order,
and
compassion
to
the
unthinkable,
shocking
and
unbearable
nature
of
loss.
Mish's
words
are
eloquent,
and
cut
to
the
core
nature
of
sorrow
without
trite
religious
platitudes,
psychological
jargon,
or
a
hint
of
falsehood.
One
receives
a
road
map
through
the
horrific
shock
of
loss, and a steady guide to light your way.
The
writing
is
clean
and
clear.
Even
if
you're
not
currently
dealing
with
a
fresh
grief,
reading
Michael's
intimate reactions will touch and teach.
It
is
not
maudlin
or
cloying.
When
She
Died
is
clean,
clear
and
clarifying.
Furthermore,
its
a
"page
turner."
Couldn't put it down. Read in one sitting.
Paperback, eBook and
Audio Book on:
AVAILABLE AS
Audio Book
READ BY THE AUTHOR
Michael’s first fiction novel.
With
energy,
food
and
water
reserves
drying
up.
an
unexpected
natural
resource
emerges as the most prized currency: The creative mind.
The
Earth's
hybrid
nation
wants
that
creative
mind
and
will
do
anything
to
get
it
before
the
great
Artificial
Intelligence
reset.
Their
plan
is
to
harvest,
digitize
and
package
the
artist's
mind
and
sell
it
on
the
block
chain
to
AI
developers.
Cliff
stumbles
into
a
dark
world as an unwitting hero when he outsmarts the forces trying to upload his mind.
CLIFF’S NOTE is a sci-fi thriller about an all-too-probable roll-out of things to come.
EXCERPT
FROM CLIFF’S NOTE
As
he
watched
Cliff
’s
message
inter-mingled
with
0s
and
1s
on
the
binary
screen
slowly
fading
away,
he
heard
himself
repeating,
“Stop
resisting.
Stop
resisting
you
little
prick.”
Cliff
had
no
right.
No
right
to
stand
in
the
way
of
science.
Cliff
had
to
stop
resisting
in
the
name
of
science
and
submit
willingly
for
the
good
of
all.
The
uploading
of
a
mind.
And
now,
a
soul
extraction
--
these
were
of
science’s
domain.
Even
though
Finch
wasn’t
entirely
sure
how
to
differentiate
a
mind
from
a
soul,
it
felt
right.
It
felt
good.
Wasn’t
the
soul
the
thing
that
oversaw
the
mind?
The
great
controller
of
the
body
and
mind?
In
any
case,
Finch
wanted
what
he
wanted.
No
mere
individual
had
the
right
to
stand
in
the
way
of
science’s
march
into
the
future.
Technology
is
the
future.
And
nothing
was
going
to
change
that!
To
quantify
and
capture
these
two,
formerly,
illusive
products
was
brilliant.
To
convert
the
mind
into
a
trade-able
product
on
a
block
chain.
Absolutely
wonderful!
To
extract
the
very
thing
that
animates
a
life
--
the
soul!
Pure
genius!
The
soul
could
breath
life
into
an
otherwise
lifeless
body.
This
soul,
stitching
through
the
ethers
and
settling
on
a
corporal
form
--
could
be
digitized
and
traded
like
--
like
a
commodity on the stock exchange!
Review
Once
again
Michael
Mish
has
produced
a
book
that
I
could
not
put
down!
Like
his
first
book
(Maya
and
the
Gordian
Knot),
Almost
Innocent
is
autobiographical
and
at
the
same
time
speaks
to
the
common
ground
of
the
human
experience.
He
brings
such
clarity
to
the
roots
of
separation
that
plague
us
all,
continually
being
reinforced
throughout
our
lives.
As
we
follow
him
through
his
in
utero
memories,
his
infancy,
childhood,
teen
and
young
adulthood
years
and
on
to
maturity,
we
can
sense
our
own
parallel
dramas and traumas, and the myriad ways we are led away from our own truth, our own purity, our own innocence.
Michael's
brave
decision
to
literally
release
all
"the
stuff
of
life",
that
most
of
us
equate
with
security,
inspires
us
to
look
deeply
at
how
we
are
living,
to
explore
the
impact
of
our
daily
choices,
and
to
be
open
to
new
possibilities
and
a
greater
vision
for
our
lives.
His
descriptive
use
of
the
English
language
brings
every
page
to
life,
spicing
the
entire
book
generously
with
his
infectious,
genuine,
crinkly-eyed
humor.
A
captivating
read!
I'd
highly
recommend
this
book
to
anyone
who
yearns
for
the
courage
to
take
that
first
step
outside
the
box,
to
rediscover
the
innocence
that
is
Who
They
Are.
I'd
recommend
this
book
to
anyone
who
wonders
what
role
they
can
play
to
leave
a
better
world
for
our
children.
I'd
recommend
this
book
just
for
the
sheer
enjoyment
and
entertainment of it!
Donna Corso, Ashland, Oregon Personal Assistant to Neale Donald Walsch 5.0 out of 5 stars A captivating read!! July 27, 2012
DIVERGENCE: they are waiting
a Way Back to the Ancient Wisdom
A
social
anthropological
examination
of
where
we
came
from,
how
we
got
off
track
and
how
we
can
get
back
on
a
track
that
will
not
only
increase
our
chances
of
survival
as
a
species, but improve our overall quality of life.
How did we get so disconnected from nature?
How is it that we’ve come so close to extinguishing our own species?
How have the First Peoples of this planet lived so sustainably for so long?
These are some of the questions covered in DIVERGENCE.
Read more about DIVERGENCE
here
.
Paperback, eBook and Audio Book on:
Also from Michael Mish and Vesica Media - BEHIND THE CURTAIN
A surprising look at Thai Traditional Massage through the eyes of the therapists themselves. A collection of
short stories.
chapter 33
A
n
eclectic
collection
of
23
short
stories
whimsically
covering
our
connection
to
nature
and
nature's
connection
to itself. Each story is quirky, extremely short and slightly left of center with an Aesop's Fables-like moral.
OLIVER is a cat. He is able to help identify the thieves that broke into his house and tried to murder his owner.
ED is a dancing cockatoo whose favorite dancer is John Travolta.
The RINGS of a tree are able to transmit hiistorical audio data via a ‘tree stethoscope’.
THE
ANTS
decide
that
the
antennae
of
all
the
ants
in
their
colony
are
getting
shorter,
and
decide
to
move
on
to
another colony.
A time-traveling WHALE imparts the secrets of the universe to a drowning man.
What do these stories share in common?
They all belong to:
OLIVER and other short stories
.
Paperback, eBook and (soon to be)Audio Book on:
This is a fictional short story of one man’s life and death.
The Greeks got it right long ago. Many aspects of our lives are tragic.
The
Father/son
relationship
can
be
such
an
unsavory
mix
of
love
and
hate.
Pride
and
shame.
Support and competition.
Wouldn’t
it
stand
to
reason
that
what
plays
out
in
the
family,
also
plays
out
on
the
world
And
here,
in
as
few
words
as
possible,
the
irony
of
ironies
is
laid
out
in
a
narrative.
An
often
humorous
narrative.
The
son
ponders
the
uncomfortable
idea
of
mid-life
as
his
father
tries
coming to terms with his final days of life.
“For
us,
both
of
our
identities
were
about
to
die.
My
identity
with
my
former
life.
His
identity
with
his
body
on
this
earth.
And
here
we
sat,
two
men
shaken
by
uncertainty.
Trying
to
love
each other as best we could in spite of our emotional fragility.”
the 2025 release on eBook and
Audio Book
from Vesica Media
Sample from WHEN SHE DIED audio book
They Held My Hand
how the Bea
t
les saved my life
I suppose there were a few of us.
Those
of
us
whose
teen-age
years
coincided
exactly
with
the
beginning
and
the
end
of
the
greatest
rock
group
the
world
has ever known. We can look at each other with instant recognition. It’s a wordless understanding that runs deep.
If
there
was
ever
any
part
of
hero
worship
in
my
life,
it
would
have
certainly
been
these
four.
They
defined
for
me
a
new
era
of
masculinity.
They
outlined
the
psychic
terrain
of
the
artist.
And,
it
was
all
done
in
the
unstoppable
format
of
music.
Unstoppable
because,
I
seem
helpless
to
keep
music
out
of
my
life.
Helpless
to
keep
the
beauty
of
music
from
entering
directly
into
my
heart.
As
I
would
imagine
for
most
us,
music
bypasses
the
brain
and
its
filters.
And,
though
The
Beatles
had
likely
not
done
this
with
intention,
their
music
found
its
way
into
my
very
cells.
Their
music
provided
the
doorway
to
deeper
learning:
visceral
and
life-learning.
And
it’s
even
found
its
way
into
my
unconscious
mind
as
many
of
the
mantra-like
strains
persist
in
my
daily
internal
narrative.
The
Beatles’
music
gave
me
the
courage
to
step
onto
my
own
path.
Use
my
own
voice.
And
maybe
more
than all else, it helped me when I’d “find myself in times of trouble”.
The latest release from Vesica Media. A book about how The Beatles impacted the life of a teenager in the 60’s
Audio of Introduction
“Many
of
us
can
measure
our
lives
during
the
1960’s
by
the
release
dates
of
Beatles albums.
Michael
Mish’s
memoir
aligns
his
own
coming
of
age
with
the
Fab
Four’s
impact on music and social culture.
It
is
rare
to
find
a
Beatles-related
literary
offering
that
transcends
pure
fandom - They Held My Hand does so, eloquently and engagingly.”
--LAURENCE JUBER - Lead Guitarist WINGS
Paperback, Audio Book and eBook
5.0 out of 5
stars If you
feel alone in
your
suffering, this
is the book to
hold.
Reviewed in
the United
States on July
19, 2022
Verified
Purchase
Somehow,
Michael has
been able to
take the most
searing loss
and transform
it into words that bless, comfort and inspire.
Two other resources help me with grief: the
movie: What Dreams May Come and the
CD/book, Graceful Passages. When She Died
stands powerfully beside these masterpieces.
It brings understanding, order, and
compassion to the unthinkable, shocking and
unbearable nature of loss.
Mish's words are eloquent, and cut to the
core nature of sorrow without trite religious
platitudes, psychological jargon, or a hint of
falsehood. One receives a road map through
the horrific shock of loss, and a steady guide
to light your way.
The writing is clean and clear. Even if you're
not currently dealing with a fresh grief,
reading Michael's intimate reactions will
touch and teach.
It is not maudlin or cloying. When She Died
is clean, clear and clarifying. Furthermore, its
a "page turner."
Couldn't put it down. Read in one sitting.
Paperback, Audio Book and eBook available on:
AVAILABLE in paperback, eBook and Audio
Book READ BY THE AUTHOR
With energy, food and water reserves
drying up. an unexpected natural resource
emerges as the most prized currency: The
creative mind.
The Earth's hybrid nation wants that
creative mind and will do anything to get it
before the great Artificial Intelligence
reset. Their plan is to harvest, digitize and
package the artist's mind and sell it on the
block chain to AI developers. Cliff stumbles
into a dark world as an unwitting hero
when he outsmarts the forces trying to
upload his mind.
CLIFF’S NOTE is a sci-fi thriller about an
all-too-probable roll-out of things to
come.
EXCERPT
FROM CLIFF’S NOTE
As he watched Cliff ’s message inter-mingled
with 0s and 1s on the binary screen slowly
fading away, he heard himself repeating, “Stop
resisting. Stop resisting you little prick.” Cliff
had no right. No right to stand in the way of
science. Cliff had to stop resisting in the name
of science and submit willingly for the good of
all. The uploading of a mind. And now, a soul
extraction -- these were of science’s domain.
Even though Finch wasn’t entirely sure how to
differentiate a mind from a soul, it felt right. It
felt good. Wasn’t the soul the thing that
oversaw the mind? The great controller of the
body and mind? In any case, Finch wanted what
he wanted. No mere individual had the right to
stand in the way of science’s march into the
future. Technology is the future. And nothing
was going to change that! To quantify and
capture these two, formerly, illusive products
was brilliant. To convert the mind into a trade-
able product on a block chain. Absolutely
wonderful! To extract the very thing that
animates a life -- the soul! Pure genius! The
soul could breath life into an otherwise lifeless
body. This soul, stitching through the ethers
and settling on a corporal form -- could be
digitized and traded like -- like a commodity on
the stock exchange!
Review
Once again
Michael Mish has
produced a book
that I could not
put down! Like
his first book
(Maya and the
Gordian Knot),
Almost Innocent is
autobiographical
and at the same
time speaks to the
common ground of the human experience.
He brings such clarity to the roots of
separation that plague us all, continually
being reinforced throughout our lives. As we
follow him through his in utero memories,
his infancy, childhood, teen and young
adulthood years and on to maturity, we can
sense our own parallel dramas and traumas,
and the myriad ways we are led away from
our own truth, our own purity, our own
innocence.
Michael's brave decision to literally release
all "the stuff of life", that most of us equate
with security, inspires us to look deeply at
how we are living, to explore the impact of
our daily choices, and to be open to new
possibilities and a greater vision for our
lives. His descriptive use of the English
language brings every page to life, spicing
the entire book generously with his
infectious, genuine, crinkly-eyed humor. A
captivating read! I'd highly recommend this
book to anyone who yearns for the courage
to take that first step outside the box, to
rediscover the innocence that is Who They
Are. I'd recommend this book to anyone
who wonders what role they can play to
leave a better world for our children. I'd
recommend this book just for the sheer
enjoyment and entertainment of it!
Donna Corso, Ashland, Oregon
Personal Assistant to Neale Donald Walsch
5.0 out of 5 stars A captivating read!! July
27, 2012
DIVERGENCE:
they are waiting -- a Way Back to the Ancient Wisdom
A social anthropological examination of
where we came from, how we got off track
and how we can get back on a track that
will not only increase our chances of
survival as a species, but improve our
overall quality of life.
How did we get so disconnected from
nature?
How is it that we’ve come so close to
extinguishing our own species?
How have the First Peoples of this planet
lived so sustainably for so long?
These are some of the questions covered
in DIVERGENCE. Read more about
DIVERGENCE here.
Michael’s
first
fiction novel.
BEHIND THE CURTAIN
A surprising look at Thai Traditional Massage
through the eyes of the Thai therapists
themselves. A collection of short stories.
from Vesica Media
An eclectic
collection of 23 short
stories whimsically
covering our
connection to nature
and nature's
connection to itself.
Each story is quirky,
extremely short and
slightly left of center
with an Aesop's
Fables-like moral.
Paperback, eBook on:
the 2025 release on eBook
and Audio Book
This
is
a
fictional
short
story
of
one
man’s
life
and
death.
The
Greeks
got
it
right
long
ago.
Many
aspects
of
our lives are tragic.
The
Father/son
relationship
can
be
such
an
unsavory
mix
of
love
and
hate.
Pride
and
shame.
Support and competition.
Wouldn’t
it
stand
to
reason
that
what
plays
out
in
the family, also plays out on the world stage.
And
here,
in
as
few
words
as
possible,
the
irony
of
ironies
is
laid
out
in
a
narrative.
An
often
humorous
narrative.
The
son
ponders
the
uncomfortable
idea
of
mid-life
as
his
father
tries
coming to terms with his final days of life.
“For
us,
both
of
our
identities
were
about
to
die.
My
identity
with
my
former
life.
His
identity
with
his
body
on
this
earth.
And
here
we
sat,
two
men
shaken
by
uncertainty.
Trying
to
love
each
other
as
best
we
could
in
spite
of
our
emotional
fragility.”
Paperback, Audio Book and eBook available on:
Sample from WHEN SHE DIED audio book
They Held My Hand
how the Beatles saved my life
I suppose there were a few of us.
Those of us whose teen-age years
coincided exactly with the beginning and
the end of the greatest rock group the
world has ever known. We can look at
each other with instant recognition. It’s
a wordless understanding that runs
deep.
If there was ever any part of hero
worship in my life, it would have
certainly been these four. They defined
for me a new era of masculinity. They
outlined the psychic terrain of the artist.
And, it was all done in the unstoppable
format of music. Unstoppable because, I
seem helpless to keep music out of my
life. Helpless to keep the beauty of
music from entering directly into my
heart. As I would imagine for most us,
music bypasses the brain and its filters.
And, though The Beatles had likely not
done this with intention, their music
found its way into my very cells. Their
music provided the doorway to deeper
learning: visceral and life-learning. And
it’s even found its way into my
unconscious mind as many of the
mantra-like strains persist in my daily
internal narrative. The Beatles’ music
gave me the courage to step onto my
own path. Use my own voice. And maybe
more than all else, it helped me when I’d
“find myself in times of trouble”.
From
Vesica
Media.
A
book
about
how
The
Beatles
impacted
the life of a teenager in the 60’s
Audio of Introduction
“Many of us can measure our lives
during the 1960’s by the release
dates of Beatles albums.
Michael Mish’s memoir aligns his own
coming of age with the Fab Four’s
impact on music and social culture.
It is rare to find a Beatles-related
literary offering that transcends pure
fandom - They Held My Hand does
so, eloquently and engagingly.”
--LAURENCE JUBER - Lead
Guitarist
Paul McCartney’s WINGS
Paperback, Audio Book and eBook