Good morning everybody, it's Techie coming to you today and introducing you to one of my favorite authors who is the wonderful genius Octavia Butler She's one of the first black women science-fiction writers I was introduced to and one of my favorite books That she wrote was fledgling So what I was gonna do is kind of read you guys a quick insert from the book Which drew my attention the very first time I read the very first chapter Of fledgling, but I'm gonna do you guys a solid and only just read the first paragraph Here we go. I woke to darkness. I was hungry starving and I was in immense pain There was nothing in my world but hunger and pain No other people no other time No other feelings. I was lying on something hard and uneven and it hurt me One side of me was hot burning. I Tried to drag myself away from the heat source Whatever it was moving slowly Feeling my way until I found coolness smoothness less pain It hurt to move It hurt to move It hurt even to breathe My head pounded and throbbed and I held it between my hands whimpering the sound of my voice even the touch of my hand seemed to make the pain worse in two places my head felt crusty and lumpy and Almost soft and I was so damn hungry We appreciate you guys happy black history month

Hey, Becky. Thanks for sharing that. That was awesome. I might have to check her out. It's her time and she's been brought to my attention. I appreciate that.