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Not Talking to You
OK, I'm cheating a bit, because I wrote this in early 2008. But I haven't found an appropriate outlet for it, and I stand by it.Christians: The World’s Biggest Eavesdroppers ( Read more... ) -
"Leafy" Surrey more leafy than we thought
Most weekends now, we spend some time searching out new woodlands in Sussex or Surrey. I'm staggered by what we're finding, after years of saying there were no trees here. Admittedly they aren't the vast forests you can still see in parts of NC, but there are stunningly beautiful woods where you can walk and lose the world. On Saturday we found ( Read more... ) -
Le Plus Ce Change
I think the real problem with being old is not how much things change, but how much they don't. Time is not so much a cycle as a pendulum, tick tock, tick tock ( Read more... ) -
On the road
It was lovely to win an award as my last ever (being optimistic and symbolic here) working act, and the response from colleagues and friends has been wonderful. My colleague who shared the award has posted her tagline as Award-Winning Crime Fighter. Cool ( Read more... ) -
Pagan Lifestyle
I have broken my rule and clicked on Facebook ads, because they were for Pagan craftspeople. I'm going to track down and bookmark as many as I can. Our magazine Greenmantle recently ran an article on The Green Man and the Gatekeeper, a shop in Lydney whose owner-artists impressed us with their talent and dedication ( Read more... ) -
Beginnings
I'm FREEEEE ( Read more... ) -
OK, it took a while, but . . .
. . . here's the meme. Five words from Tinhuviel that make her think of me so I can give her my take on them. After you've read, you can comment on this post and I'll give you five words so you can do the same.
1) God of Hellfire
2) Shriekback
3) Darth Maul
4) Solsbury Hill
5) Daimon
4. Well, I’ll start with “Solsbury Hill”, as all the other words ( Read more... ) -
Literary Meme
Don’t take too long to think about it.
Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you.
First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.
Copy the instructions into your own post
I've limited my choices to fiction.
1. Ash: A Secret History, Mary Gentle. Have just finished it, so am guessing -- but what a book!
2. Lavondyss, Robert ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Warning:
Philosophical ideas overload. May esplode your heed.
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Writer's Block: I Rock The Microphone
"True Colours" and "This Love" (and I had good success once with "I Love Rock'n'Roll"