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The weekend of 18 May is a very important one for Australia. Usually, it’s not. Let me be honest. Usually around that date we complain about the incoming cold and are upping the pressure of work to meet all the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Sometimes I’ll give you stories, but today I’m giving you my thoughts on whatever headlines I find on a news page. This will never get stale for Australian news is seldom dull. Australia is in election mode right now. The … Continue reading
We ate our Christmas dinner at the Moss Beach Distillery, a restaurant on the Pacific coast just south of San Francisco that dates back to the early twentieth century, when it was known as Frank’s Place after its founder, Frank … Continue reading
Of all the election victories out there, here’s the one that moved me the most: 19 African American women ran as Democrats for judgeships, most for positions in Harris County, Texas (Houston). 17 of them won. They ran as a … Continue reading
This month, I want you to introduce you to something that is not actually in my writing box at all. It has nevertheless fuelled a lot of writing in class. It is also a little topical. I chose this item … Continue reading
The subject of my current project is social fantasy. It’s not a nice fantasy, but it will have, if not a happy, a satisfying ending. I’m thinking of publishing it with Book View Cafe, however, it might be too black. … Continue reading
Like a goodly number of my fellow BVC-ers, I went to the Worldcon in San Jose last week. How could I not? It’s literally just down the road from me. Plus, chance to see all sorts of people I don’t … Continue reading
BVC author Marie Brennan is raising money for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, by selling signed books. So far the sale has netted more than $350 in donations for the organization, and there are … Continue reading
The snatching of children from their parents at our borders, coupled with their subsequent “housing” in what UK science fiction writer Charlie Stross suggests we call “Trump Hotels,” has touched a nerve in many people in the U.S. It seems … Continue reading
When the U.S. Supreme Court, in a clearly partisan move, anointed George W. Bush as president, I was mad, but I recall saying, “Well, at least we don’t live in a country where this will lead to rioting in the … Continue reading