August is a busy month for curious creatures. It is the time of year when the universities are out spruiking for new customers. Most of them put on open days for prospective students with lots of freebies, leaflets, lectures and an assortment of interesting displays to tempt the visitors. Some of them have gotten all sneaky and moved their main ( Read more... )

There’s been so much craziness in the big bad world that any sensible serpent would curl up on a nice warm rock and sleep it all out ( Read more... )

The clock is tick tocking. Only five days now to get to the summit of Mount Nano situated some 50,000 words above the white blank pages at the base camp. If things had been normal, if the Izzie had a half decent map, by now would already be staking the emerald and silver serpent flag at the summit. Would not only have that big fat stash of words ( Read more... )

It's not all toxic toads and devious Denentors in Izzieland ( Read more... )