This is what my word meter looked like last time I was working on Drouthlord, Book One of The Random Rain Quartet (working titles). 147,000 / 180,000(81.7%) This is what it looks like when I finished today… 148,707 / 180,000(82.6%) … Continue reading
My daughter lives in Echo Park, so today we went down to the actual park to see what birds were around. Mostly they were hybrid ducks and geese, sea gulls and a dozen or so Double Crested Cormorants. And a … Continue reading
Just to prove to Gillian that I really am in L.A….We went to the beach, Santa Monica. Fascinating geography, because you can look down on the coastal sands – which appear perfectly flat, from a cliff top. The sand is … Continue reading
Of another book? No, alas – this is the interim report of the avitourism project I have been working on for a year now, and upon the altar of which I have sacrificed my hip muscles… Those words don’t include … Continue reading
It’s the 10th of August. It was also the 10th of August yesterday. I never really understand how these things can happen, but it has something to do with time displacement distortion caused by being crammed into too small a … Continue reading
UK Orbit editionSome reviews are surfacing in the UK for Heart of the Mirage. This from Barbara Davies, giving it a five out of five star rating in this month’s Starburst Magazine:“those looking for a ‘sense-of-wonder’ fix need look no … Continue reading
How’s this for a senario: X, hair beautifully done and clutching a handbag, is wearing a fashionable dress, high heels and make up. Perfume too. Looks and smells good. Obviously cares about appearance… Y is wearing a cute white crocheted … Continue reading
Some more photos from part of my grand trekking of April/May…yeah, the one that started my hips down the trail to disaster. These are all from the incomparable Mulu World Heritage Site, Mulu National Park, taken around the HQ and … Continue reading
I had to have an x-ray this morning. Which is not such a bad thing. Except that one has to be prepped for it…starting Friday night with a pair of harmless looking pink pills, and an instruction sheet on how … Continue reading
