John's Dimly Lit Corner

I have two "members" on this site. One of them - GC - is a good friend; I know him well. The other is kt846.  I have no idea who...

This week my job takes me to Oregon.  I've never been before so all the pastures are new.  It also marks the greatest dispersion of my f...

I have just returned from China. The plan went so smoothly you might be deceived into thinking it was planned. Fly from Newcastle to Dubai...

I'm really sorry that this blog has sort of lapsed. It wasn't a conscious thing; I used to use this blog as a vehicle for ideas and...

When I was a kid, I used to paint pictures. Grass was green. Sky was blue. Now I am older and if I was asked if the sky was blue I would s...

The father of her people, the nomad Bakhytar, came from the southern mountains and, over time, his people prospered. Every year they cross ...

Great news for theists and, grudgingly, agnostics! Atheists are (and I love this!) dying out because of evolution. So my favourite hate fi...