A spectacle of light
Yule is, after all, a season to celebrate the return of the light after the long days of darkness. Our friends took us to the Christmas fair at Waddesdon Hall to enjoy a truly spectacular light show. That was where … Continued
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…
Christmas, as we all know, is quintessentially a Northern Hemisphere festival, celebrating the return of the light. It’s no coincidence that several religions celebrate around the date of the winter solstice, a time of deep darkness, cold, and hunger. These … Continued
Seasons’ Greetings
Wishing everyone a safe, peaceful, joyous Yule however you choose to celebrate. See you all in the New Year.
AI and the arts
Artificial Intelligence has become the flavour of the year, with much discussion on the merits and the dangers of the new technology. Many years ago, around 1990 or so, I attended a class in programming for AI. Back then it … Continued
Last-minute Christmas gifts?
When I was a kid finding something to give me for birthdays and Christmas was easy – just buy me a book. I loved to read and would often lie in bed after lights-out reading a book under the blankets … Continued
Summer’s arrived
Summer has arrived with a smirk and a wave. All of a sudden the overnight temperatures are well into the mid-twenties and above and the humidity is through the roof. It’s not our favourite time of the year. We tend … Continued
Anti-semitism is alive and well
Peter and I are Baby Boomers, born in that particularly fecund period just after World War II. This means, by inference, that World War II was an important part of our family history. Peter’s father ended up in a German … Continued
A gallery of lorikeets
Sometimes (quite often) the human world is a rather ugly place. I suppose it’s one of the reasons I write books – I can make up my own characters, their situations, and what happens. I don’t do dystopian or horror. … Continued
Is net zero viable?
I’m pleased to see that recriminations over the failure of the Voice to Parliament referendum have finally been pushed off the front pages of the news. Having said that, I’m hoping things are still happening behind the scenes to do … Continued
Living in an imaginary world
I haven’t got much to talk about this week. I’m too busy living in my imaginary world writing a book. It’s good fun, quite challenging – and much less confronting than reading the news about the war with Hamas. There … Continued