For many years writers and moviemakers have enjoyed bestowing terror on the masses with their predictions of Armageddon and apocalypse, but what are the chances of life imitating art? I decided to look into the common themes and rate the chances of such events actually happening (Note: there is no scientific formulation to any of … Continue reading Apocalypse How…???
Writing
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
The Tyger By William Blake Tyger! Tyger! burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? And what shoulder, and what … Continue reading Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
What’s the soundtrack to your writing?
Music has always played a vital role in my writing process. Certain songs help to visualise key events in a story, even to the point that I find myself acting out a scene (complete with dialogue) with the track playing in the background. I'm sure this is not a new or unique approach to writing, … Continue reading What’s the soundtrack to your writing?
Heatwave
Seeing as we're skipping spring and going straight into summer and a mini heatwave, I thought this poem would be quite appropriate: The last breeze they remember seemed a lifetime ago, a legend passed down through generations to regale a time when they didn’t squirm beneath the arching sun that melted their brains. … Continue reading Heatwave
Sunset
Sunset They watched the sunset from a rocky cliff, the wind rushing through their hair. Pale reflections of the setting sun danced upon the waves of the ocean, so beautiful was the evening light. They watched the sun sink without trace, spilling its light into fathoms deep. Folds of darkness rippled about them like the … Continue reading Sunset
Every Cloud needs a Silver Lining
Chances are you’ve been using the cloud today, even if you didn’t know it. Yet did you ever stop to wonder how the electricity needed to power the cloud was generated? Probably, like me, you hadn’t. But then I came across a Greenpeace campaign that wants to persuade three of the biggest providers of cloud-based … Continue reading Every Cloud needs a Silver Lining
Yay, I won!
Well, what do you know. I’m only into my second month of blogging and the awards are beginning to flood in! Okay, so I haven’t won the Booker prize…or an Oscar (actually, I have my very own Oscar, and I wouldn’t swap him for a dozen academy awards), but I was thrilled to receive the … Continue reading Yay, I won!
Saving the Planet…One Tree at Time!
Okay, so it's not the Amazon basin or Madagascar, or even the denuded hills of Caledonia - but I'm happy with the new addition to my garden. It may only be a plum tree, but I reckon it just about clips the end off the big toe nail on my carbon footprint. There's something about … Continue reading Saving the Planet…One Tree at Time!
Blurred Worlds 