Mastodon has a theme: #The7FilmsToKnowMe To which I contributed: The Princess Bride Charade The Big Lebowski Groundhog Day Singin\’ in the Rain Blowup The Big Chill I chose films which make me feel good to know they exist. I hug myself with glee when I think of them. Other lists of course are possible – […]
\”Conservative\” political parties in western countries all share ten fundamental features.
The ten commandments Read More »
Surely some foxes are atheists? From one of my childhood favourites, mentioned in my Memoir \”Hammering on the mind\’s door\”.
The quick brown fox Read More »
… is prologue. My book concerning fire in the Australian environment, extinction of the megafauna, and Indigenous interaction with the environment in general (and in total opposition to the works of Flannery, Pascoe and Gammage, among others), is available online. https://www.routledge.com/The-Pure-State-of-Nature-Sacred-cows-destructive-myths-and-the-environment/Horton/p/book/9781865081076 All my individual publications in this field (and others) are available free online at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Horton9
A wondrous apparition provided by magician
Looking out my front door Read More »
To say that Australian plants are adapted to fire (and flood, and storm, and landslide) is like saying that grass is adapted to lawnmowers. Saturday, 7 December 2019 at 8:28 pm – view South from my window, horrific smoke from major bushfires in the mountains of southern NSW.
I Don\’t Want To Set The World On Fire Read More »
First Melaleuca flowers of the Summer, in the morning Sun. Good to see new followers of nomdeplume, hope old and new followers all like the sprucing up I have been doing, including the rotating heading photographs (there seems to be no way of showing captions of these, I\’m sorry, perhaps a guessing competition….) and the
Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy Read More »
