[Edit Nov. 17, 2025: Added Policy section]

About The Author

I am someone that has lived a rather peculiar life, and one who feels that folks should not be tossing out all of the Christian biblical traditions because somebody else said to. Toss many common practices, many unbiblical traditions, and maybe even the word “Christian”, but not all. Much remains after that. The Bible has been around for a long, long time for a reason. Most adherents don’t read it, and most of those who do appear not to study it in great depth.

I was raised in some of these traditions, left them in disgust as a young adult, returned in middle age, left in disgust again, and returned yet again later as a senior in my mid-60s. I do like to check things out, although I don’t particularly recommend the path I followed. But it appears to be something I was given to do. Ouch.

I also have an interest and background in science, dating back to first grade if I remember right (that was a while ago, 1956-7), but I have little faith in science. At least not any longer. Technically, I am an applied scientist with a degree in Computer Science, but I am not into artificial intelligence (although I did study it, briefly, in 1968-9). I am no advocate for the advancement of science and technology.

I still write using a “handle”, but I am Megan Brooks (it’s in my profile) and my identity is no deep secret. I do sometimes say things that the “authorities” might not care for, along with much more that they couldn’t care less about, but I prefer to leave most of the heavy-duty anti-narrative rhetoric to other authors, and as I grow older I’m finding more interesting things than that to devote time to anyway.

The blog icon is not me, but my assistant koala, Lolla. She holds my other pair of glasses. Snow Bear snuck in there too. The rest opted out.

You can reach me by email at “clearmiddle [at] far2go [dot] net”, which is a Proton Mail address in disguise. I have others, but using that one lets me know you are calling from Substack.

See my profile for a few more details.

Policies

“Like” Policy

My ‘like’ policy anywhere on Substack is to click “like” if I like something for one reason or another. That doesn’t mean I agree with it or endorse what it says. This is very vague, and intentionally so. Please don’t read anything too special into any “like” of mine.

Comment Section Moderation Policy

Respectful on-topic comments are welcome here in in this Substack, with no need to agree with the author.

Off-topic comments, including those that function as advertisements for other websites, and ad hominem (personal) attacks are not, and may be deleted, especially the latter.

By off-topic, I mean—in my judgement—not pertaining to topics addressed in the article to which the comment section belongs.

About Far2go.net

I created the far2go.net domain a couple of decades ago (I forget exactly when it was) during a particularly difficult time in my life. The name was something that popped into my head while I was trying to think of one, and somehow it fit. It still does. I’ve lost so many things, and I didn’t want to just discard this one. The site has gone through several transitions, and at present simply points to my Substack (https://www.far2go.net — the “www.” is required to jump through all the hoops to pull this off via CNAME), saving me the trouble of having to defend the site against Internet chaos.

Sections

ClearMiddle’s Clarifications

My main blog. There’s no telling what you will find there.

Anthems

Now an archive, videos of my choir’s anthems, with comments. Think of it as my kind of art. A few subscribers seem to have liked it. In the comments, I often wrote about behind-the-scenes things that most people never see, and probably don’t care about.

I am literally getting to be too old for this, and I am no longer singing in choir, as of the end of the 2024-5 season. My views about “doing church” are changing as well, and that is something I am likely to be writing about, eventually, in my main blog. Maybe.

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