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What is a mother? A mother is someone who puts plasters on knees and hearts. Your first cradle. Your confessional. Your ally against the world. A warm embrace. Someone who sings away trolls. Someone who possesses neither gender nor...
Hello everyone! Back at home, and I have plenty of books to show for my journey! It was lovely to have a break and get away from the usual routine, but it’s also nice to be home. Books acquired this week Now the birthday book haul really...
Fluffy is a poodle and like many other dogs his size, tends to get ideas above his station! I guess it’s something that dog owners come across regularly – and where our canine companions get these ideas from is anyone’s guess. Except, in...
The About page has been reworked. Myspace layout coming soon! Also edited the "In Defense of Gasai Yuno" article.
I went straight from work and was at the Palace Square at 15:15. Even then, there were quite a few people there, but the number of people increased as people finished work and went to the Palace Square to pay their respects to King...
At one point yesterday evening, as I began to despair at ever getting my huge quilt done, I thought of my grandmother. When I asked her to teach me to quilt, she snorted and said, "Why would you want to quilt when you can just go to...
We present Society member Peter M’s report on an operational megagame he run earlier in the year. As noted by Peter, this was a committee / map game with no figures on the table, but the editor has taken the liberty of including a...
The 15-Minute City has become one of the most influential ideas in contemporary urban planning. Popularised by urbanist Carlos Moreno, the concept is beautifully simple: cities should be designed so that people can reach the things they...
My writing elsewhere ▷ I recently tried my hand at using AI to code up a little app I use now daily — and from that experience, learned why software companies probably aren’t in nearly as much peril as the headlines say they are. Read...
Got up at 9.30. A dry morning but strong wind. Quite cold again. Dot, Ron and Jane came for tea. Went for a pint at 9p.m. Three lads drowned on marsh.
For a “dead” technology, RSS is currently stirring up a veritable storm in a teacup. Antonio thinks Your RSS Reader Is Robbing You, because it doesn’t let you experience the effort someone put into styling their site just so. It robs you...
It was suggested that I might like to review Crafting a Path Through Illness, subtitled Exploring Creativity While Chronically Ill. I was expecting a slim volume, something suitable to hold without stress on the weight-bearing joints,...
Taking on The Nothic's Eye GLÅUGUST 2026, challenge #6 is from a list by Locheil themselves - "A short class which is absolutely not a fighter, not a wizard, not a cleric and not a thief.". This class is a swarm of miscellaneous pilgrims...
There are so many things we are still not doing enough. Syarafana Shafeeq: Giving people space to struggle without writing them off is not about excusing them from adulthood, said Sarah. It is about giving them a way to remain part of...