Boadicea's Chariot

Another shameless plug.

This time for my older daughter’s photography project.

Day One.

🙂

No 42

He hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.
Douglas Adams

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Meteor over Kilimanjaro

Click on picture to go to National Grographic's page — Neat................................(credit National Geographic)

Found this earlier, thought that I’d share Continue reading “Meteor over Kilimanjaro”

August Competition (2)

Here is the next writing competition.

Up to 2,000 words as a short story, which contains

1.an argument of any sort.

2. a childhood memory and

3. a phrase (or saying /quotation /word) which is particular to your family.

Or up to 50 lines as a poem,which contains

1.an argument of any sort.

2. a childhood memory and

3. a phrase (or saying /quotation/ word) which is particular to your family.

Deadline midnight GMT on 31st August 2010.
(01.00 am BST on the day immediately following the specified day and all and/or any other time zones pari passu)

Please post your entry on your own blog and add a link to this blog as the first comment and a link of your entry as a comment on this post.

Who Am I – P?

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Mission Complete – many thanks everyone..

Shucks!

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
Lily Tomlin

Goodnight everyone, sleep well.

Language!!

This started when we were on the way to Weymouth recently and passed a sign at the side of the road bearing the words “BABY SWANS!”

An arrow indicated a turning where you could see the ‘baby swans.’

But honestly, baby swans!!! I was verging on apoplectic. Has the word ‘cygnet’ been taken out of the dictionary? Continue reading “Language!!”

Safer roads

So are you a driver who hates cyclists?

Or a cyclist who hates drivers?

None of the above? Or a bit of both?

Reading some of the feedback on articles about road safety – how to cycle safer…how drivers can be more cycle aware, etc, you’d think it was open warfare out there on the highway. Continue reading “Safer roads”

Anguished August Competition Results

Well, OK, this one was harder than the last; I had to think about it for several days and let the stories roll around in my head a bit. As before, selecting one depends on which set of criteria you use, and that can be pretty arbitrary. So besides a description, I’m going to point out my favorite parts of each entry, the parts that kept me dithering for a few days. Continue reading “Anguished August Competition Results”