The Gulp, The Fall and The Rise with lots of humbling praise.

Each book is a mosaic novel made up of 5 novellas. The Gulp and The Fall are also a mosaic novel of 10 novellas. And all three books make a mosaic novel across 15 novellas. But each novella stands alone as a complete story. Possibly my greatest writing achievement to date.
#WelcomeToTheGulp #Booksky

Hi, pals,

A dear friend just notified me that a spammer is using my name to send spam emails with a dangerous link. So if you receive an email from me with an attachment, check that it’s from my email address.

Gah! Ain’t the wonderful world of tomorrow fun? <Grin>

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read

Sigh…

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

5:30 pm on a glorious Friday. Looking out the front door…

It’s only 38° Centigrade (100.4° Fahrenheit) here at the farm. I’m sitting very quietly in front of the computer and thinking coolish thoughts.

Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.

I agree with this political analysis. Shame on the politicians using tragedy to get a leg up.
news.thenewdaily.com.au/c/1mYqQWt1Us...

Happy holidays, my pals. Let’s all live as fast and as hard as we can! Hugs and love!

I have no skin in the game here. And I don’t know the people involved. But I did and do think that the doco made a plausible case. More than that I have no way of knowing. On another subject entirely, I miss you, kiddo!

Yes, I’m getting the sense that this is a more controversial subject than I anticipated.

I just watched what I consider an important documentary about the most iconic photograph of the Vietnam War. The doco is called =The Stringer: the Man Who Took the Photo=. It seems the man who was credited—and received a Pulitzer Prize—was not the photographer. Judge for yourself. It’s on Netflix.

It was a Chanukah celebration on Bondi Beach. Now twelve people are dead and some thirty are in hospital. It’s been designated a terrorist attack.

I’ll stop typing now because I am so angry, I might write something I’ll later regret.

Spring in Australia…

Ditto!

@clkagmi.bsky.social Just followed you back. In the old days, I worked a bit with John McHale. A lifetime ago.

Alas, I can’t. Cheers!

That’s going back a few years…

Gah! It’s a number that scares the hell out of me!

Thanks, Steven. That’s very kind.

Thanks, Steven!

I’ll do that, Claire. Thanks!

Thanks, buddy. Figured it out!

Yup. It takes a while, but I get there…eventually <Grin>.

Oops, I meant I haven’t a clue how this works yet. And I don’t know how to edit a posted tweet.

I have a clue how the stuff works yet, but I figure I’ll figure it out <Grin>.

I’m in Victoria.

Still in Australia.

Too long, buddy!

Can anyone tell me how to log out of Bluesky on my laptop?

Can anyone tell me how to log off bsky?

Herewith my first post on Bluesky...

Just checking in and letting pals know I'm here.