I have this nice bedside clock that re-sets itself to the correct time if there is a power outage, and it automatically adjusts for the twice-yearly time shifts of Daylight Savings Time (Fall Back, Spring Forward). There is only one … Continue reading
Any one of us who has ever done anything creative at all – and an unconscionable amount of people who do not-necessarily-creative-but- applicable- craft-or-business-stuff – know that particular siren call. “Oh, we LOVE [the area under discussion]. That’s why we … Continue reading
We learn history in the schoolroom by rote. We learn dead dates, what happened on exact days three and half centuries ago in worlds and societies which we cannot begin to imagine, let alone understand. Because histories are written by … Continue reading
It is said that part of the life of the writer – a big part, perhaps the biggest – is WAITING. Once you’ve done something and it’s out of your hands, you wait. You wait for an editor to send … Continue reading
I don’t care where it comes from – people tasked with administrivia who get in my way, the TSA, insurance hucksters, someone in retail who just screwed up and I pointed it out, anybody at all who has just done … Continue reading
Look, i get it. There is a “we’ve always done it this way” thing going in America which often gets in the way of things. But really – because it’s going to be Just. Too. Difficult. For. People. To. Understand. … Continue reading
Hi there. While your friendly Meerkat is on a Rant Hiatus, we wouldn’t want anyone to go into a rant withdrawal – so this summer, you get the Duchess, and her rant opinions. I have a few lined up already … Continue reading
When, sometime in 2018, a stray comment on social media alerted me to the presence of a wildlife sanctuary in Anacortes, WA – a mere hour’s drive for me – and the fact that this place offered wolf encounters… … Continue reading
Really. REALLY. Trust me on this. particularly since this film, ‘Can you ever forgive me?’, is based on a ‘True story’ – and too many writers will see too many bits of themselves in the truth of the story being told. … Continue reading
This book is hilarious! A group of time travelers steal an entire hotel during a science fiction convention and take it on a trip around space.
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