When I was seven, an astrologer told me I would travel.

Had he forewarned I might tumble down a rabbit hole,
or
confront Polyphemus in his sinister cave,
or
hazard the Mississippi aboard a raft with Huck and Jim
then
I’d have [regrettably] opted to barricade myself in my bedroom.

Gary Thomson has adventured in many countries. And distant galaxies.