Archaeologists have discovered 12,000-year-old dice – here’s what they reveal about the history of play You can compare throwing one of these ancient dice to a coin toss – although this discovery also underscores that dice are much older than coins.

Really interesting article.
#archaeology.

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#philosophy
#psychology
#illusionism.

#photography #EmbraceTheRandom.

Clannad - Newgrange (Live 2011) YouTube video by CELTFLIX

Sad news for Clannad fans. RIP Maire Brennan.

Great musician, great band.

Great song.

Hyperborea (1995 Remaster) YouTube video by Tangerine Dream - Topic

Today's music vibe.
#TangerineDream.

That estuary used to be my home turf. I don't recall it ever snowing!

Tangerine Dream, Exit.

A messy garden is a glorious garden. We need to stop tidying, titivating and paving them over | Emma Beddington I’ve just watched another of my neighbours rip up everything green and growing around their home, writes Emma Beddington. It’s enough to make David Attenborough weep

Green Is good.

Excellent choice my good man!

More gorgeous women's art.

#Caturday.

(PS!)

Love that too!

Diana Malivani - Spring Garden.
Oil on canvas, 2022.

A badger surrounded by lush foliage, wildflowers, and birds, butterflies, painting.

🖼️ Barbara Winrow

Pretty amazing!

Interested to know what you mean by openly emotional.

I got lucky! 😁

#photography #EmbraceTheRandom.
Current view.

Painted eggshells fragments by artist Ruby Silvious #WomensArt #Easter

Gorgeous!

Steven Mithen speaks of it as evidence for cognitive fluidity. Most excellent author.

#photography #EmbraceTheRandom.
Floorboards.

... and finally on this 30th anniversary day - just for fun. 😄

Very likely 😞

Just brilliant.

And there's a bloody DJ on that one. Great music, though.

One of my highlights of recent years was when Ian Whates of the Newcon Press asked me to round up three Memory Seed short stories, and write three more. This was a wonderful opportunity to return to the city of Kray.