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The What of Life (2) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I want to like you, she thought, loudly. Please don’t spoil it by picking on science in a stupid, fluffy way… but don’t stop challenging, either… find the villains… She listened, intently, as he talked about the need to ‘see’ … Continue reading →

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The What of Life (1) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

She was sitting in the front row – the car had mysteriously failed to start for the first five minutes of the would-be journey, as though projecting her future to this point with a mechanical will of its own. This … Continue reading →

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Reality TV? ~Steve Tanham

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It’s full of trivia and artificial things; things which have arisen in the name of entertainment. Everywhere you look there is a stream of mindless celebrities willing – some would say desperate –  to eat tropical bugs to give themselves … Continue reading →

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Dramatic license…

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Sue Vincent

It was the morning coffee conversation, the one where I perch on the end of my son’s bed while he considers getting out of it. Even fuelled by good, freshly ground beans, that can take some time, especially if we … Continue reading →

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The Rotating Blade of Meaning (8) – Final Part ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

In the preceding parts of this series (see below for full list) we have seen how Arthur M. Young, inventor and chief engineer of Bell’s early helicopter design, was convinced that it was possible to construct a ‘map of human … Continue reading →

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The Rotating Blade of Meaning (6) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Sue Vincent

(Above: the original Bell 30 which established commercial helicopter technology, and was invented and developed by Arthur M. Young. Picture Wikipedia, public domain) In our last post, we looked at those most frightening objects: numbers which are squared and cubed. … Continue reading →

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Riding the rapids

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Sue Vincent

I feel like a limp rag at the moment. It has been a hectic few weeks… just an accumulation of small things. Most of it has just been busy, some of it, behind the scenes, has not been so good … Continue reading →

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Wings and little things…

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Wake up, walk dog, deal with the emails over coffee… head to work. My mind wanted to be anywhere other than focussed on the day ahead, and I allowed it to wander. I caught sight of a young man on … Continue reading →

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The Rotating Blade of Meaning (4) ~ Steve Tanham

Posted on February 7, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Everything is in motion… Arthur M. Young and Isaac Newton both knew that, but in different ages and different ways. Let’s take a slight detour into some basic ways of looking at one of our fundamentals – the way things … Continue reading →

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Into the Deep…

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Sue Vincent

* …Shiduri, the tavern keeper, sat, at the edge of the Great Ocean, her golden brewing-vat resting by her side. * Gilgamesh, whose heart was still full of anguish, strode toward her… * ‘This desperate man must be a murderer,’ … Continue reading →

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