Fun (CC by Tom Hodgkinson) I haven't been posting much here, I know. Surprised that anybody is still bothering to check, but I've been entertaining a few, I see from my mailbox notifications. The simple answer is that I've been…
Britni Pepper
Britni Pepper has always enjoyed telling stories. About people, places and pleasures. Her schoolmates loved listening to her stories about princesses and pirates and dragons, and once she looked up to find the principal looking on. "No, no, don't stop, Britni," he said. "I want to hear what happens next!"
What happened next was university, a job in the travel industry, and a career of travelling the world meeting the most fascinating people. Britni has travelled to thirty of the world's nations and loves making up stories about fascinating people doing interesting things in exotic places.
No longer tales about princes and wizards, but her stories are just as much fantasy as ever.
Mist Opportunity
A chance encounter in the land of the rising sun. Sun grazing deer (CC by Thibault Martin-Lagardette) Richard nudged Carrielle awake. “Time to rise and shine, honey!” Carrie groaned. “But it’s dark! Is there coffee?” “The full moon is out…
Why we Shouldn’t be Afraid of Climate Change
If someone is fearmongering about global warming, they are dead wrong. Image credit Pixabay I recently published a story about Factfulness by Hans Rosling. It is a brilliant book and I urge every thinking person to read it. This book challenged my own deeply-held views about…
The Ultimate Anti-Trump Textbook
Factfulness by Hans Rosling; this book made me see the world in a startling new way. I like to regard myself as a reasonably intelligent, well-educated, well-read, and observant woman. I keep up with current affairs, I have travelled widely,…
How to pee standing up
You too can make the world your toilet Frank climbed over the railing, unzipped his jeans, and pissed a golden stream out into the sunset. Against the twilight valley below, it made an impressive sight. I automatically reached for my camera,…
My boobs, Josh, and the best backpack
Next year I have an adventure coming up. A long hike in the Japanese mountains. This should be a lot of fun, if for no other reason than a lot of the long days on the track will end with…
Medium roar
Three days on Medium, and I've gotten 12 000 views. I must be raking it in, eh?Eight stories written, 97 views, 43 reads, $1.01 in revenue. That's about a cent a view, and on the figures above, that should be…
Such fellows!
There is a passage in Plato’s dialogue Gorgias whichI love. Two and a half thousand years ago, and these fellows are still with us. It speaks to the present moment; we might think we live in a different world to that…
Intense military
Ten Sigma by Andrew Wang is a bit of a strange creature. Science fiction, military, thriller, psychodrama. Something to satisfy every fan, I guess. Science fiction, in that it deals with a future world, an extension of our own, where war, division,…
Steam of Consciousness
My current read is Ten Sigma by A W Wang, another new author with only one published book. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm enjoying the journey. A review to follow in due course. The premise of what I've…
Blonde and Brilliant 