World War II cast a long shadow, and my generation was born in the aftermath. Then the shadow burgeoned into a decades-long frenzy of terror of communism. The Soviet Union was the incarnation of evil, of course, and war was … Continue reading
“Burn! Burn! BURN!” “Wait! Stop!” Gaia reached out to gather a gasping koala into her arms, looked up into a sky which was an improbable shade of dark red and empty of birds. “What are you doing? Who are … Continue reading
It’s Saturday morning and the first thing I did when I woke up was go to the window that looks across the road. I can see across this road this morning. I can’t see anything beyond that. Welcome to a … Continue reading
(Picture from here.) I spoke last week on the disheartening aspects of the issues we’re facing today. It occurred to me that I couldn’t talk about one side of the problem without talking about the other side. While I … Continue reading
Right now I want to write about politics and bushfires. Both are very bad in Australia. The thing is, I live in the national capital and there is smoke in the air. That makes politics and bushfires my everyday. A … Continue reading
You’ve heard it, all too often. It’s “The War on Drugs”, “The War on Crime”, “The War on Cancer”, “The Culture War,” etc. The rhetoric is supposed to convey the importance of a particular “War” and how powerfully we are … Continue reading
In this 3rd entry in my Horror Month movie binging, I want to talk about two movies that scream for context. By 1975, through consciousness raising, bra burning, and symbolic jettisoning of razor blades, feminists were scaring men. In 2004, … Continue reading
Today I almost had to cancel my blog for this Sunday. Actually I’m supposed to review an anthology for a friend’s short fiction. I haven’t even gotten to that. Instead, I am in a Seattle hotel room, early pre-sunrise, with … Continue reading
This whole “living in interesting times” thing is exhausting – John Scalzi on Twitter I’ve seen several variations on this theme on social media lately. No question that “May you live in interesting times” is not something said by anyone … Continue reading
I had meant to write more about Ireland and Dublin (as if you haven’t already heard enough, but I’m still processing), but I was going through my trip photos and stopped at this one, taken through the window of my … Continue reading
