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Teacher, novelist, short story writer, published by Salt, Zagava, and Raphus Press. Possibly mad about art, film, fiction, and cycling.
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Riding in Yorii, Saitama, Japan.

For my next trick...

White-eye ('mejiro'), Hanno, Saitama-Prefecture.

Hanno, Saitama Prefecture.

Your Lord and Master...Hanno, Moomin Park, Hanno, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Slow reader but proud to say I got these done in more recent years. This is what I do to relax! Plus I listened to Kai Bird and Martin J.Sherwin's biography of Oppenheimer TWICE. Am in the midst of another of Rhodes' tomes, too: Dark Sun.

Fabulous metaphor: 'the bus entered the precinct of its shadow', from Paul Bowles's wonderful short story 'Señor Ong and Señor Ha'.

Did this last night at Garden Cinema (which is gorgeous), Covent Garden towards Holborn. Seemed to go well. No one walked out or demanded refund.

Funny lyrics! Rhododendron Is a nice flower Evergreenin' It lasts forever But it can't beat Strand power 'Do The Strand', Roxy Music, from the album Stranded. I'm an azalea man, myself!

Where's that darned asteroid when we need it? :(

"Show me a man's study and I will tell you not only exactly how he lives, but, more specifically, how he ought to die."

Finally, a half-decent phone shot of a pair of brown-eared bulbuls (hiyodori, 鵯 [ひよどり). [Hope I'm right.]

For the day that's in it. ‘When all the others were away at Mass' by Seamus Heaney

"After several hours had passed, I didn’t have much to do, but I couldn’t leave." One Day Over by Thaddeus Rutkowski #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/15/o...

It's a pleasure to feature this story by US author Andrew Cominelli in which a man at work researching the historical background of an old colonial home comes slowly to confront a painful part of his past. It’s a touching piece, beautifully told. link: www.barcelonareview.com/111/e_ac.html

Triptych.

Fuji tonight, from Omiya.

In January we featured Marriage Act by Kerry Hadley-Pryce @kerryhp.bsky.social. If you missed it the first time, then here's another chance. Can't recommend it enough. Please follow the link and enjoy #shortstory #fiction fictivedream.com/2025/01/19/m...

"Arms and legs. How difficult can arms and legs be? Left arm forward, right leg forward..." If a Lamb Knew How to Play Hopscotch by Ruth Brandt @ruthabrandt.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/10/i...

This is one of my works on display at gallery ZERP in Rotterdam. Wednesday through Sunday from 11 am. Gallery ZERP, Van Oldenbarneveltstraat 120A, Rotterdam. Welcome!

"The door handle turns and for a moment David looks like Chris." Afghan by Graham Mort @grahammort.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/09/a...

In January we featured Murder Hotel by Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social. If you missed it the first time, then here's another chance. Please follow the link and enjoy #shortstory #fiction fictivedream.com/2025/01/24/m...

"I had a Saturday job at the haunted bakery, where they can’t keep a Saturday girl for love nor money." Saturday Girl by Frances Gapper @francesgapper.bsky.social #microfiction #flashfiction #flashfictionfebruary. Please follow the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/02/08/s...

Kura and cloud this evening.

Just saw Michael Ignatieff speak a lot of good sense about the tariff situation on BBC World.

Just rewatched for the first time since it came out. Such a staggering work of humanism. The fact that I was often on the brink of tears this time round says something.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080678/?ref_=ext_shr_other

Shadow world.

Paul Bowles' early short story At Paso Rojo is a brilliant smouldering sardonic tale of repressed sexuality, violence, classicism, and racism that leaves a bitter taste.

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Under the sky in Shibuya, Tokyo.