And you thought the river Ankh was fictional...

" the toxic black ribbon that slices through the east of the city – it would be wrong to say the river actually flows"

Free books for bloggers

On the recommendation of the_magician, I just signed up for the Penguin Classics 'free book if you blog about it' scheme.

I've been assigned Li Po And Tu Fu

Should be interesting...  I'm not normally much of a poetry person, though there are exceptions, but I do have at least a passing interest in Chinese history and culture (it all started when I was doing background research for a Stargate novel).

May day

Those of you interested in May Day customs may be interested in reading this post by my friend Vera in the Czech Republic.

I wonder if our Maypole customs used to be more like that?