Monkeys and membranes
The latest scientific discovery that opens new frontiers is the finding that, because of a membrane, it is only we, Homo sapiens, no other primates, who can speak properly. (My friend asked if there was […]
Category: Sadie’s Boy
What’s new in Napoli
It seems the politicians of Naples want to make the same mistake they made in Glasgow. The Neapolitans want to forbid the hanging of washing on lines that stretch across the street, not to please […]
Bees in my Bonnet / Character Development / Sadie's Boy / Short Story / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
Sleepy Time
A week or so ago, I saw a report that scientists had carried out experiments to determine the ideal number of hours of sleep an adult Homo Sapien needed each day. All very well, you […]
A not as old as that Birthday
And is this now my eighty-seventh year, Or has some time warp come to interfere, And I am sixty-two, or even thirty-five, Still acute and very much alive? When did I sleep and fail to […]
O Solo Meow
At a meeting this morning I was reminded of songs the kind of which they don’t write anymore. Songs that were classics and deserve to be remembered along with the great operatic arias like Oh, […]
Superteen and the Cat Girl
I’ve added a short story to the pages. The story won a third prize in the Writers’ Forum magazine so I’m quite pleased with it. I have also had printed, through Kindle, three novels; What […]
Why Journalism
I’m moving along to do some non-fiction again because it opened up so many character sketches and short story lines as well as being enjoyable and getting me involved with other people. Let me do […]
Bees in my Bonnet / Books / Bubbles in the Cauldron / Sadie's Boy / Short Story / Sullatober Dalton / Uncategorized
Writing Joy
Like many others, my writing muse went to sleep during the long isolation of covid and I was even considering giving up on writing and sketching when, in frustration I turned to an old Bernard […]
Rebirth
Like everything else we all need a rest. I have just taken over the local co-ordinator for the poetry group but that should not be such a drag on my time that I can not […]
In the country
I watched a programme about the mental benefits of gardens and the countryside and felt I should share a note from Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher and stick a country story about a poacher, Fishing for […]
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Tagged Anatomy, Human origins, Primate communication, Public debate, Speaking