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Goodbye Anna Russell

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Kage Baker’s Company novels finally begin to move towards closure in The Machine’s Child. Okay, so given Kage Baker’s writing style, that characterisation is a bit rosy! But characters and plot lines of several of the previous books and short stories do begin to come together here, and the time periods covered edge closer and [...]

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Since the Friday Ten has fallen way by the wayside, I thought I’d do a Tuesday Ten. (I’ve always loved alliteration. Must be the Anglo Saxon in me.) So here goes, with ten things I liked about my recent trip to California: My parents are in good health. My nephew is cute as a button [...]

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This summer I got on a 19th-century literature kick. I began rereading What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew, and I decided I should finally read some Dickens. So I picked up Great Expectations. I loved it! Miss Havisham is an amazing character. I even kept reading when Pip became totally obnoxious. As for [...]

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I recently finished Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma (which I’ve reviewed for UU World. Many of the concerns Pollan takes up regarding food production have also been addressed by the Guardian. Today, for instance there’s this article: Will the organic dream turn sour? We now have millions of people buying organic in a committed way. [...]

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