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October 11, 2023
Riding the High Road, by Penny Frances: #BookReview.
Through the varied voices of Pat, a mother with a difference, her son, Gethin, and Jez, a young woman with a troubled past, we take journeys both intertwined and separate as they try to come to terms with their own lives. This is a turbulent ride where love, gender, complex relationships, drugs, and alcohol all …
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October 9, 2023
Do You Remember the Barn Owl? by Barbara Lorna Hudson: #BookReview.
This collection of short stories, which vary in length and style, reflects the skill and themes of interest to the author. It’s a diverse array, well-written and constructed, and includes some stories that have been previously published in various literary journals. There is great variety here, with many subjects and themes explored, always with emotional …
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September 30, 2023
#ScenicSaturday 30th September 2023
My photos in this continuing series show our beautiful world. Maybe I can encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today I give you a shot taken on Lake Maggiore in Italy in September 2018, when we celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary. We’d booked our tickets for the voyage at the office in …
September 23, 2023
#ScenicSaturday 23rd September 2023
My photos in this continuing series show our beautiful world. Maybe I can encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today’s photograph is from our trip to the Isle of Wight in September 2021, after a longish spell of lockdown due to Covid. The hotel was still recovering from that event and many …
September 16, 2023
Is Amazon’s Book Search Algorithm Deliberately Rubbish?
This is an update on a post I placed on Medium called ‘Searching On Amazon’ I’d found a book on Goodreads that seemed something I might be interested in, so I used Goodreads’ buying link to take me to it on Amazon. It took me nowhere near the book I wanted. So, I searched for …
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#ScenicSaturday 16th September 2023
My photos in this continuing series show our beautiful world. Maybe I can encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today, brings a photograph of a lone tree standing in arid ground and giving shade for sheep on the Greek island of Rhodes. Our walk, in September 2017, took us from Pefkos to …
September 14, 2023
Tatty Cat and the Wonderful Whiff, by Mella May, Illustrated by George Utton: #BookReview.
74 pages, Children’s Books A riotously illustrated book for children telling a hilarious tale of mischief in rhyme that works surprisingly well.Children will love this story of the tatty cat in pursuit of a whiff of such tempting delights he’s willing to risk all sorts to get to the source and dine on it. The …
September 10, 2023
Makeover, by Barbara Lorna Hudson: #BookReview.
304 pages, Contemporary Romance. Insightful, and based on personal knowledge of the areas covered in her writing, the author explores themes of academic snobbery, domestic abuse, insecurity, and the search for love in an uncertain world. Having experience in both social care and academia, Barbara brings reality and honesty to this tale of the search …
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September 9, 2023
#ScenicSaturday 9th September 2023
My photos in this continuing series show our beautiful world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today, we have a shot taken on one of our walks through the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. This is one of our regular routes to access different places in the extensive …
September 2, 2023
#ScenicSaturday 2nd September 2023
My photos in this continuing series show our beautiful world. I hope to encourage viewers to help save it from human carelessness. Today, I show you a scene photographed on a boat trip around Lake Maggiore in the Italian mountains. It was taken toward the end of the day, when the sun was about to …
