Tag Archives: technology

Snail’s pace

The internet was playing up, the email account had been hacked yet again, pages were taking up to ten minutes each to load and anything that had images or video took longer. It was going to be one of those … Continue reading

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Whatever else 2020 has been, it has not been short on Friendship and Community – by Sally Cronin

Reblogged from Sally Cronin at Smorgasbord: The original concept of Thanksgiving was one of giving thanks for a new life, new home and new friends and that tradition is celebrated around the world in one form or another by different … Continue reading

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Under the sun…

“Thirteen thousand miles… How is that even possible???” We were talking about distances, my son and I, and having established that the Great Wall of China seems impossible, we then discussed the relative distance of the moon from the earth, … Continue reading

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The fabric of being

We all know them, that handful of people who cling to a reactionary refusal to own a mobile phone… or turn it on when they do… or bother to check it. Or they don’t really like computers or social media. … Continue reading

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So Too Will You Soar ~ Patty L. Fletcher #writephoto

I suppose when people saw today’s prompt they thought of writing nature related things. For me the first thing that came to mind when I read the description were thoughts of the early morning birds and how they, like me … Continue reading

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The email trail…

I’m doing well, I’m nearly done, An early night at last? I’m almost sorted… then The emails come in thick and fast. Not one of them can be ignored, None can be left for later… And by the thirteenth missive … Continue reading

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Faces of Shiva ~ Steve Tanham

Reblogged from Sun in Gemini: Brahma creates the world. Vishnu sustains it so that it might achieve its potential. Shiva destroys it when its positive energy has been exhausted. The ‘world’ might be everything, or, for the initiate of old, … Continue reading

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Aspire #midnighthaiku

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The Spinning Circle of Death ~ Iain Kelly #writephoto

He stared at it. It stared back at him. It seemed harmless, a spinning circle. Yet within it he sensed malevolence, an ominous presence, a threat. Was it sneering at him? Laughing at his bad fortune? How long would the … Continue reading

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You’ve got mail…

I thought it was too easy. A week of long, fraught hours, early starts and late finishes, coupled with some bug or other to sap my remaining energy, ended with technical glitches… and, just for good measure, the internet went … Continue reading

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