Virginia Woolf, Downton Abbey, and damned statistics

Virginia Woolf, Downton Abbey, and damned statistics

I’m a bit late getting to this piece of news, but I just read a story about Virginia Woolf’s suicide. I’ve never read any of her work. I need to catch up. (Pics from Getty, via the BBC article link.) Woolf and her husband criticized Victorian rules....
Survey results… for the curious!

Survey results… for the curious!

Survey results are in! Thanks to so many for participating! I thought you might want to know the outcome!    Yep, it’s goats and AKs from Peshawar.   Thanks to all who participated! Percentages of the top six qualifiers are below: One does not normally...
Please advise: one magnificent sentence

Please advise: one magnificent sentence

Hello word fans! Can you help me with a sentence? Just one little subject, predicate, object, some punctuation, and bingo! These are from my forthcoming novel, Spy Act. I’m keen to hook a particular agent. Here are a few of my faves: please vote for one you...
Big-ass carrots, for you foodies!

Big-ass carrots, for you foodies!

Does that sound salacious? Well they are some enormous honking carrots: How about a foodie tour of Bogota to celebrate my new author website? This is from February, when Ali and Shane came for a great visit. Though I knew these tours existed, and I’m not immune...

The Piper Plays the Tune

International development is driven by donors. Whoever has the money gets to pick what kinds of interventions are paid for and undertaken. This is a mixed bag. Pros Cons $ and mandate to buy public goods not being provided by recipient countries. Political...
Why are we still fighting these battles?

Why are we still fighting these battles?

I promised to write about the peace talks this week, and I will. But not yet. There’s some seriously unfinished business on my mind. Can someone tell me how we’re still fighting these battles? Didn’t the country just (more or less) finally admit...