Self-Diagnosed

I managed to get a decent amount of writing done before I flew to Sydney on Friday.  In fact the flow was so much with me that I even wrote on the plane, which is highly unusual for me. I would have written more if it was not for the interminable announcements from...

Claude

I have recently been getting into AI in a meaningful way and instead of just using Google I have also used ChattyPete and Claude simultaneously.  They come up with different answers to the same questions and they certainly have different characters. Day three with...

Bathhouse flagellation

Apologies but it has been a while since my last blog as I have been writing a sequel to my first novel ‘The Wood and the Trees.’  I was writing the section ‘Tour de France,’ which I thought would be c. 6,000 words but it turned out to be c.15,000 words as I had so...

Being Emotionally Available

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese recently played ‘Shag, Marry, Date’ on the Bush Deep podcast and admitted he would like to be balls deep in Kylie Minogue.  This brings a new tone to Australian diplomacy and the next time Albo meets the Pope, he could ask...

In the land of Shakespeare

I have just spent two weeks in France and experienced the glories of French food.  We had some great seafood across France particularly in Sete, which is a seaside/fishing harbour near Montpellier.  Our best meal was undoubtedly at Chateau Carlmagnus, the Fronsac...