Do they still have aviation races?
OK, let’s start from the beginning.
Amy Johnson was one of those women that always fascinated me – as a person, and as a representative of a category, a group of people.
Amy Johnson was an aviatrix.
Now, maybe today the term is exist and politically incorrect, but I live at the borders of the Empire, so I can shrug it off – Amy Johnson was a pilot, a flyer, and yes, an aviatrix.
She took to the sky escaping a career as a solicitor in London.
OK, the time has come for the world to know the ugly truth – my friend Claire never watched The Addams Family, the 1964 TV series with John Astin and Carolyn Jones.
How comes she’s your friend then?!
… you might ask, and rightfully so.
What can I say, but that being friends also means learning to tolerate each other’s shortcomings, no matter how horrible they are?
Indeed, come to think about it, a very Addams sort of attitude, don’t you think?
And yet, and yet… can I let her go with this huge void in her culture?
Of course not. Continue reading
Just what I needed, just where I needed it, just when I needed it…
You know what?
I really miss Aculeo & Amunet – the guys are like old friends, I like hanging out with them and writing their stories.
And, granted, right now I have a lot of stuff on my plate – so much to do and write, and other things too, actually, that I am afraid I stretched myself too thin.
But yesterday, you see, I saw this on a friend’s blog…1
It’s by Carlos Valenzuela, and it’s gorgeous (in case you didn’t notice).
And I said to myself… Continue reading
Kyoto, ancient capital of Japan, can now be explored through the Heiankyo Overlay Map, which allows users to shift from the current plan of the city back to the Heian era (9th century) city, and back.
The map is in Japanese – but it sure is a wonderful tool for history buffs… and writers!
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