I quite enjoy reading polls on all sorts of subjects, but over the years something has dawned on me. I don’t know if it’s that those who answer polls officially are so different, or if I am. But time and time again I read the results of a poll and discover that the answers bear …
August 2011 archive
new book out soon – AUTUMN OF THE WILD PONY
This is almost ready for publication. I’ve just been on line to Cyberwizard Publications sorting out a few final details such as the dedication and updating my bio, but the book should be available on Amazon or from the publisher soon. I had a lot of fun with this one, harking back to my own …
ONE SECOND AFTER by William R. Forstchen
ONE SECOND AFTER by William R. Forstchen. Published TOR March 2009 reviewed by Lyn McConchie. Maybe because I’m aware that if civilization collapses I’ll be dead with it shortly thereafter even if I survive the initial event, (I have pernicious anaemia) I have a liking for most post-holocaust books. However I’m fussy about those I …
While reading the paper –
I saw that a recent discovery had been made, where some scientist discovered that there were strange emanations coming from a building in southern Sweden. The police arrived, charged in, and found that the occupant was merrily trying to split atoms in his kitchen – as a hobby, or so he informed them. He was …
1634: The Bavarian Crisis
1634:The Bavarian Crisis by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce. Published BAEN SF (hc-2007, pb-2009) Reviewer Lyn McConchie. I keep waiting for this series to fall over, others of the same type have done so, and this series has immensely complicated story lines, with a massive cast of characters, and spreads over politics, (incredibly entangled) practical …
The medical problem that wasn’t
In 1989 I lived in a small seaside community. I worked hard, and commuted long hours until I had an accident and couldn’t continue with outside employment. Shortly before I sold my home at the beach and moved to purchase a small farm in Hawkes Bay I noticed that I seemed to have a possible …
Weather: snow
The weather at Farside has been absymal all week. Monday it snowed – to the vast confusion of the hens who amused me when I looked out and discovered that the four young hens (who’d never seen snow before) were all trying to walk across the yard without putting their feet down in this miserable …
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29 August 2011
I had planned to be on line earlier today but there were a couple of problems. The chimney-sweep was arriving to clean my chimney which had abruptly clogged, and then, just as he was leaving, I glanced right to discover that half a dozen of my hens were strolling up the centre line of our …
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