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It seems some of my newer readers were a bit mystified by the nature of George, and read entirely the wrong meaning from my opening paragraph last night. Meet George: See? Definitely a cat, not a man. I hope that alleviates your fears about my morals 😉 (He normally looks a lot darker than in…
Homing Pigeon Books
I’ve decided that the books I released in Sydney must all be homing pigeons in disguise. I just got an email telling me that Safari Adventure by Willard Price, one of the books Skyring caught from me at the conference, and then released later in Canberra, has been caught – by someone who is going…
Mission Complete
Yesterday was Christchurch’s 150th birthday, celebrating the anniversary of the day when it was declared to be a city (it was only a tiny village at the time, but Queen Victoria wanted to appoint someone bishop, and to have a bishop you need a cathedral, and cathedrals can only be built in cities. So she…
Jaws
I think teeth are the best argument there is against creationism. I mean, what sort of creator would come up with a design for a chewing implement that’s got a totally unnecessary nerve running through the middle of it and is so prone to damage. Stumps of hard dead material would do the job just…
From my travel journal: Thursday 7 April, 10.30 am
Somewhere in New Mexico Incredibly wide flat land, covered in dry yellow grass and very little else. Almost no trees or bushes as far as the eye can see. We did see some antelope though! A mini-herd of 5 of them grazing just off the road, their brown and white coats camouflaging them so well…
Recovery
Well, we made it. A highly successful convention (at least according to everyone who spoke to me), and we even managed to come in within budget (in fact, we even made a bit of a profit, which will be split evenly between Bookcrossing and the BC Exchange programme). I’ll attempt to make a full report…