Sylvia Petter's Blog, page 5

Things are not always as they seem

Tonight I attended an event at Vienna’s Amerika Haus: WHY DOES UKRAINE MATTER TO THE U.S. – AND WHAT IS AT STAKE FOR EUROPE? A discussion with NOLAN PETERSON, Kyiv-based… more

Just Breathing

Try as he may, the Ugly Amerikan cant kill off all the mockingbirds, and Plastic Betrand cant avoid his pact with Mephisto, to name but a couple of the gang… more

Ça plane pour moi!

As I watch how Austrias Chancellor and the worlds youngest leader has progressed from the boy his parents mentioned to his unofficial biographer as one who leapt into the water… more

Just one of 20,000 plus

After two months in Australia touring the south-western part of the continent and enjoying some quality time with family in Melbourne and Sydney, and a quick jaunt to visit writing… more

Best wishes for the festive seasons

            and onwards into 2018 which hopefully will have more empathy. more

If you thought only Miley had a wrecking ball…

It may be because Im thinking about new projects like learning how to crimewrite and to write in German that Ive begun to see and smell a rat here and there.… more

Somebody in Clifton loves me, and an Aussie abroad

Id never heard of Clifton until I kept seeing the place as a permanent fixture in my analytics. Clifton, New Jersey, USA: a sleepy town whose only claim to fame… more

Demise of the Dinosaurs

Dont call it America. America consists of two land masses. North America is not just the United States of America, which has recently morphed into the Ugly States of Arumpasaurus.… more

C’est la rentrée

Its been a while since I blogged. A lots been happening. There was the super Flash Fiction Festival in Bath at the end of June which, apart from some super… more

Getting unblocked

Ive been blocked. Not the arteries, at least not since I quit smoking a whole year ago. Not the page. Ive been coming up with ideas for ways to improve… more