W W Thomas Jr – His Name Set in Stone
W W Thomas Jr is the only name that looks remotely English (Welsh in fact), carved in stone in S A Hedlund’s Guest Book, but he turns out to be American.
Month: March 2016
Terrorism – a proper response
Every so often someone asks me how I feel about terrorism – what is the proper response? The proper response to terrorism is bravery.
Tala’s Story – The Judgement
The results of the First Round of the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge came in this week. Here is my analysis of the feedback the story received.
Scary Monsters and Museum Night Fever
An evening of scary monsters, strange objects, and a night out at several museums which have stepped “out of their usual context” for the evening.
Fouad the Suave Zouave – a poem
A poem in six verses that originally appeared on Twitter. Apologies to van Gogh for borrowing and butchering his zouave portrait.
A walk in Molenbeek
A walk – with photos – through Molenbeek, the Brussels district vilified in the international press as a hotbed of jihadist terrorist activity.