by Brock Meier | Oct 23, 2023 | Arts, Books, News
What is a celebration without wine? Fascinated by wine’s history, art, and science, Brock Meier has long made the wonderful elixir. His parents before him made wine, as did his father’s father. Though not working as professional vintners, these...
by Brock Meier | Oct 5, 2023 | Arts, history, Nabataea
Inscribed in stone The Nabataeans are famously known today for their carved-stone memorial tombs in the ancient city of Petra, or as they named it—Raqmu. Each year, around a million people travel to Raqmu/Petra (named as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World), to...
by Brock Meier | Sep 15, 2023 | Arts, Books, News, Other
Book launch for The Stone Cutter features special music… The Stone Cutter was, in part, inspired by the haunting and jubilant song “Man of the Tombs,” by the consummate songwriter/singer/guitarist Bob Bennett. Among his many accolades, Bob has...
by Brock Meier | Nov 20, 2022 | Arts, Writing
Adventure A remarkable, and entirely unexpected adventure has occupied the last few years of my life. I have written elsewhere (A Peculiar Darkness: Afterword) concerning the details of this journey through the composition of my first novel. I not only did not...
by Brock Meier | Nov 16, 2022 | Arts, Books, Writing
Questions When people discover that I am an author, they sometimes ask, “So, do you write Christian books?” Earlier in my writing career, I was often perplexed by the question, but I’m now more prepared with an answer. I usually bounce the question back to them. “So,...
by Brock Meier | Nov 16, 2022 | Arts, Creativity
Left/Right? There is a popular neurological myth that says left = analysis and right = creativity, and that people primarily access one side of their brain or the other. And of course we all “know” that analytical thinking is far different than creative thinking. How...