“This has been a test of the Reality Alert System. If this had been a real emergency you would be advised to:
•Reset your compasses to ‘zero’
•Lock all books and maps in an airtight container
•Make sure everyone in your household is blindfolded
•Wait for The Singing to pass”
-QuietPineTrees
If you pledge to support the new Quiet Pine Trees book, you can get postcards with typewritten microfiction stories sent to your home every month. They are totally immune to reality-changing events, and wouldn’t need to be locked up!
Families are the compass that guides us. They are the inspiration to reach great heights, and our comfort when we occasionally falter.Brad Henry
Now we’ve mention before that ‘family’ does not always mean ‘blood’. Some are chosen specifically because they do exactly what this quote says! Even though my biological family is big, my non-bio one is soo much bigger and they have definitely helped…
Really happy with how these have healed up on Jen’s sleeve #healed #sleeve #bulb #hourglass #moth #compass #traditional #tattoos made @sevendoorstattoo (at Seven Doors Tattoo)
Jurassic Jaunt 7: Swanage Around The Globe On A Tilly Whim
Jurassic Jaunt 7: Swanage Around The Globe On A Tilly Whim
Before Swanning Around Swanage, A Corfe Whim
So I arrived in Swanage on the bus with trepidation, as I knew it was the last Bank Holiday of the summer, a busy time; and further more there was a steam festival at Corfe Castle which of course many people stayed at Swanage and took the train up to the festival. I was planning to go to a remote campsite called California Farm, but it was the top of…
Mariner’s Compass, by Reverend Jonathan Fisher, from his Mathematics notebook, 1791
Fisher was not a seafarer, but he was an extremely educated and multi-talented man from Maine who was interested in everything, especially languages and mathematics. And since navigation also includes mathematics, he included it in his notebook.
