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Category Archives: art
Old MacDonald’s climate change
Old MacDonald had a farmEe i ee i oAnd on his farm he had a floodEe i ee i oWith some drowned cows hereAnd some drowned cows there.Here a bull, there a calf,Everywhere an oh no.Old MacDonald had a farmEe … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Climate, collaboration, Environment, Just for laughs, Poetry
Tagged climate change
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Lord of the Dance
I have no post prepared for this week (too much to do, too little time). Esme posted this gem a short while ago; I’d noted it for a ‘reblog’ for an occasion such as this, but her post doesn’t have … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Just for laughs, Music, Phlyarology, Reblogs
Tagged Kraken Wanker, phlyarology
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Who wrote Robert Heinlein’s ‘The Door into Summer’?
That’s obviously a trick question. Or is it? If there are any of Heinlein’s novels I’ve not read, I’m not aware of them. His mid-1950s yarn ‘The Door into Summer‘ is one of my favourites, and speaks to me in … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Critiques, People, Rants, Science Fiction
Tagged Robert Heinlein, The Door into Summer
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Sunray Meadow (my response to the prompt)
Who, Ra? Perhaps it’s evening: Contemplating reflections Of the shadow of the day More tasks ticked off (Yet the list is longer) Time to rest. But then again: Perhaps it’s morning: The inherent promise Of a nascent dawn Beckoning excitement … Continue reading
Posted in art, collaboration, Poetry
Tagged copse, creative writing, meadow, prompt, shadow, sunlight, trees
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The yarn that got away
Back in 1982, or perhaps it was ’83, I was working on a short story; it was my first real attempt in my quest to ‘become a writer’. I wrote the story on my first computer (an Amstrad PCW), which … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Fantasy, Flash fiction, Tech tips
Tagged backups, By His Bootstraps, Kriston Masters, Robert Heinlein, Takahiro Miki, The Door into Summer, time travel
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Sunray Meadow (a post prompt)
I saw this on Twitter today, and thought it was a fabulous ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ photograph. As I didn’t want to risk it getting buried and forgotten on my hard drive, I asked the artist (@lacharpenta) if I could post it here, … Continue reading
The Galaxy Song, revisited
Three days shy of a decade ago, I published a post entitled ‘A little perspective for the new year‘, which featured ‘The Galaxy Song’ from Monty Python‘s The Meaning of Life. I considered waiting another three days before posting this … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Biodiversity, Core thought, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Brian Cox, Eric Idle, Galaxy Song, Monty Python, Wonders of Life
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Adventures with a dumbphone: Chasing forest sarks
This is the third in my series of ‘Apps You Might Enjoy’, following on from my earlier posts about Morse Mania and Elevate: this one is about Duolingo, an app that was recommended to me by msjadeli. Duolingo – making … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, Communication, Computers and Internet, Education, Games, Health
Tagged app, cognition, dumbphone, Klingon, Language, personal improvement, Review, training
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