A December scene by my parents, which they have called ‘Phoning Grandma’

Back in April 2022, I accused Spotify of deceiving users with fake artists—which they inserted in playlists to boost their profits.

Now we have proof of this.

"My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time."

~ Edward Abbey

Coming home

Day 19 of my Rose Advent, and this celebration of roses is tinged with remembrance: it was six years ago yesterday that we learned of the death of David Austin Senior, the man whose rose catalogue was my bible and my friend as I first discovered the joy that is the rose.

The English Roses bred by him have changed the way so many of us gar…

A judicial nominee speaks out after his nomination fails to move forward.