Fun (CC by Tom Hodgkinson) I haven't been posting much here, I know. Surprised that anybody is still bothering to check, but I've been entertaining a few, I see from my mailbox notifications. The simple answer is that I've been having way too much fun over on Medium. Since mid-December, I've published eighty articles. Check … Continue reading Making a buck a day
Mist Opportunity
A chance encounter in the land of the rising sun. Sun grazing deer (CC by Thibault Martin-Lagardette) Richard nudged Carrielle awake. “Time to rise and shine, honey!” Carrie groaned. “But it’s dark! Is there coffee?” “The full moon is out there waiting for you,” Richard replied, “and dawn’s in half an hour. Come on, grab … Continue reading Mist Opportunity
Why we Shouldn’t be Afraid of Climate Change
If someone is fearmongering about global warming, they are dead wrong. Image credit Pixabay I recently published a story about Factfulness by Hans Rosling. It is a brilliant book and I urge every thinking person to read it. This book challenged my own deeply-held views about the world and myself. Rosling, step by careful step, demonstrated why I needed to rely … Continue reading Why we Shouldn’t be Afraid of Climate Change
The Ultimate Anti-Trump Textbook
Factfulness by Hans Rosling; this book made me see the world in a startling new way. I like to regard myself as a reasonably intelligent, well-educated, well-read, and observant woman. I keep up with current affairs, I have travelled widely, and I like to think that I know more about the world and its people … Continue reading The Ultimate Anti-Trump Textbook
How to pee standing up
You too can make the world your toilet Frank climbed over the railing, unzipped his jeans, and pissed a golden stream out into the sunset. Against the twilight valley below, it made an impressive sight. I automatically reached for my camera, but I had left it in the car, along with the wine we’d been drinking … Continue reading How to pee standing up
My boobs, Josh, and the best backpack
Next year I have an adventure coming up. A long hike in the Japanese mountains. This should be a lot of fun, if for no other reason than a lot of the long days on the track will end with a nude soak in a public bathhouse. That isn’t the only reason I want my … Continue reading My boobs, Josh, and the best backpack
Medium roar
Three days on Medium, and I've gotten 12 000 views. I must be raking it in, eh?Eight stories written, 97 views, 43 reads, $1.01 in revenue. That's about a cent a view, and on the figures above, that should be about $120, or $40 a day. Sadly, no. All but a handful of those views … Continue reading Medium roar
Such fellows!
There is a passage in Plato’s dialogue Gorgias whichI love. Two and a half thousand years ago, and these fellows are still with us. It speaks to the present moment; we might think we live in a different world to that of Ancient Greece, but it is just a blink away. Plato describes Socrates visiting at … Continue reading Such fellows!
Intense military
Ten Sigma by Andrew Wang is a bit of a strange creature. Science fiction, military, thriller, psychodrama. Something to satisfy every fan, I guess. Science fiction, in that it deals with a future world, an extension of our own, where war, division, climate change, inequality, and poverty rule. A woman dying of cancer, facing a bleak future, … Continue reading Intense military
Steam of Consciousness
My current read is Ten Sigma by A W Wang, another new author with only one published book. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm enjoying the journey. A review to follow in due course. The premise of what I've read so far is not unique, but certainly very rare in science fiction. I don't … Continue reading Steam of Consciousness
Blonde and Brilliant 