By jingo, it’s hot!

By jingo, it’s hot!

Here in Blighty We’re not used to these tropical temperatures. They make our sang froid simmer, and we sizzle like spit-roasted lizards. Must be a bit like that where you are, right? But there you are, stuck in your sweaty swivel chair, rockin’ the ole...
A Writer’s Journey

A Writer’s Journey

Working the werewolf story once more. A writer’s journey is not necessarily linear, even with a map. Well, mine isn’t, anyway. Up hill and down mudslide. I made my first animated GIF to celebrate wiping out 1500 words of progress to change the storyline....
Movie Mash Ups

Movie Mash Ups

Truth is stranger than fiction? In the magical world of movies, fiction is fighting back. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, for heaven’s sake I was reminded of the idea of movie mash ups by the announcement of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the latest...

Happy Easter

New Year sparkle died already? The bubbly’s gone flat and we’re all back at the day job. Never fear, Easter falls early this year on 27 March. Morrisons have got the Cadbury Creme Eggs in and it’s only 8th January. Talking of bubbly, the UK’s...

Early Astronomers

Blogger Summer Circus Giveaway HopDay 10Early AstronomersThe astronomical work of astronomers like Ptolemy was crucial to the Egyptian civilization because the resulting calendars enabled the priests to predict the flooding of the Nile, upon which the...

Agatha Christie’s World

I took a day out recently on the Dartmouth Steam Railway, passing through Agatha Christie’s very own local station, Greenway Halt.Greenway HaltDevon Belle Fare BoardGoliath The EngineKingswear Signal BoxOld fire engine on Kingswear StationFire buckets, ladder...