I’m a liberal retard. Who knew?!!

I posted a comment on one of the American sites I visit. I can’t remember what it was about (I blame chemo brain and the drugs), but I’m sure it was a response to something Mr Trump had said, or a bill he’d signed or something similar. I often have...

The wonder of stories.

I’ve always been a reader. I loved books even before I knew what the words said. I loved the feel of them. I loved the smell of them. And, I loved the secrets they held. Before I could read for myself, my father used to read to me at bedtime. It was a special...

The rise of the machines

In a video clip I saw on Facebook the other day, an American reporter chose some random young people (they appeared to be in their early twenties) and asked them some basic general knowledge questions. 1. Who won the Civil War? 2. From whom did the USA win their...

Whassup blogland?

Greetings to all my readers in blogland. Don’t we live in interesting times? Syria is almost completely reduced to rubble. Indonesia is burning. The UK is taking their ball and going home, leaving Europe to wonder what it’s done to offend them. The United...

Dear hacker

Almost every second day, I receive a notification that I’ve been temporarily locked out of my website for security reasons. It seems there are people trying to break into the site for their own nefarious purposes. Thank goodness my tricky password (which I can...