Stuart Aken's Blog, page 82
March 8, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 08 Mar 21
‘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 on social media so more people stuck …
March 7, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 07 Mar 21
‘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, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection …
March 6, 2021
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
‘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 Covid-19. Between us, we might even restore …
Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 15, Celebrity.
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 any field comes under the umbrella title …
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March 5, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 05 Mar 21
‘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 to Covid-19. Between us, we might …
March 4, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 04 Mar 21
‘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 stuck indoors due to Covid-19. Between …
March 3, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 03 Mar 21
‘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 indoors due …
Futuristic Fiction: #Research for #Writers, Part 14, Cars.
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 at enormous cost to …
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March 2, 2021
Today’s Pictures: 02 Mar 21
‘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 the world …
