34 Million Miles

I’m not just a navel gazer – occasionally my attention turns outwards to the cosmos at large. This is a trait most science fiction authors should have perhaps, yet I’m such an amateur at it, I had to check three websites and make my own observations to establish exactly what I was looking at and …

Bringer of Jollity

No, afraid it isn’t a party – that’s the title of Holst’s Jupiter, from his famous ‘Planets’ suite. There will be rambling below – be warned! This is appropriate, because I have finally worked out what to do and happier now I have a bit of direction. I’ll be hammering out the burrs in my …

A Mars A Day…

…Helps you Work, Rest and Slay. No, not the chocolate bar then, but an image like this cropped up on my laptop background a couple of days ago and it’s weird, I took one look at it and knew where I was – kind of. Looking at Mars through a telescope or camera when there’s …