Today’s Pictures: 08 Mar 21

Evening shadows in the Forest of Dean ‘As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.’     John Locke Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share …

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Today’s Pictures: 07 Mar 21

Leaving a small ancient quarry in the forest. ‘Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.’    Rebecca Solnit The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, …

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The Defiant Spark, by Annie Percik: #BookReview.

346 PagesDark Fantasy Horror/Low Fantasy This work of intelligent imagination takes us on a journey with well-rounded characters into a world of mixed fantasy and science fiction. We’re not told when the story takes place, but that’s not an essential detail: we know we’re in the future, on a probable Earth, and that’s enough of …

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Today’s Pictures: 06 Mar 21

Sun bursts through mist in the forest. ‘Walking is man's best medicine.’    Hippocrates The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due to …

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Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 15, Celebrity.

Taken in the centre of Kos Town. The introduction to this series is here. This post looks at Celebrity. What is a celebrity? The SOED defines it thus: A celebrated person; a (popular) public figure. Everybody from the latest moronic fool in some dreadful ‘reality’ TV show to the most well-known and talented performer in …

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Today’s Pictures: 05 Mar 21

A marshy track through the forest ‘We make the path by walking.’     Robert Bly The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due …

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Today’s Pictures: 04 Mar 21

A fishing pond in the forest. ‘Walking through this life really is walking through fire.’     Chaka Khan The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people …

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Today’s Pictures: 03 Mar 21

Early sunshine. ‘Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.’     Thich Nhat Hanh The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck …

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Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 14, Cars.

Image derived via clipart. You’ll find the introduction to this series here. This post looks at Cars. Globally, we humans are wedded to cars, see them as almost a right. As a means of transport, they combine convenience, privacy, flexibility, and some degree of freedom, no matter how artificial that may be. But they come …

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Today’s Pictures: 02 Mar 21

Forest stream ‘A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.’     Paul Dudley White The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of …

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Today’s Pictures: 01 Mar 21

March mists. ‘Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.’     Martin Luther King, Jr. The daily shots from the local forest will continue and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. …

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