Stories, Reflections & Journeys
Back in 1953 Ray Bradbury published a dystopian science fiction/fantasy novel called Fahrenheit 451. If you’ve not read it, do! It’s not only a rattling good story, but it remains soberingly relevant today.
In fact, in many ways, we are living in the future Bradbury imagined. [Read more…]
UPDATE: “Suburb Wakes In Fright”, the piece to which I was objecting in this blog post, was for some reason removed from the linked page mere hours after this post was published. However I am sure there is no causal connection … :) … and as I write this, the original article, including that piece can still be found here.
Like most people I am deeply appalled by the stabbing and shooting incident at the police station in Endeavour Hills today. My heart goes out to the police officers and their families, and I am not in any way, shape or form, condoning the actions of the young man who was shot. [Read more…]
My blog has lain dormant for a very long time, and I’ve been meaning to re-energize it and get back to regular posting for ages.
Finally today is the day … though sadly the prompt is not a happy one.
On 11 August, two days ago, Robin Williams died. All the details are still not available, but we understand it was suicide. It’s a shock that has reverberated around the world in the last couple of days – through social media as well as the conventional media. And with this blog post, I guess I’m adding my small voice to thousands – perhaps millions – of others. [Read more…]