A dream with a message — self care

Last night I had the strangest dream.

Mike Talks

Dec 17, 2018

Remembering my Grandad through music …

Despite being 95, and having lived a good life, I’ve found it difficult dealing with a world…

Mike Talks

Oct 7, 2018

Embracing ritual …

Continuing from my last piece, sadly my Grandfather died on Wednesday. He recovered from his pneumonia only for the hospital…

On preparing to let go …

I’ve had a challenging few weeks organising an event for work, I was hoping to relax a little, when some news came…

How 1000+ likes made me question my relationship with social media …

TL;DR — Your most popular work on the internet often doesn’t align with what you’re most proud of.

Who doesn’t enjoy getting “likes” on their material? It’s hard to believe the like…

Let me be your white saviour … please!

As a white male, the last few years as a science fiction fan have been like looking into an unflattering mirror (and believe me, I have experience with unflattering mirrors).

Adventures in writing …

I’ve been writing since 2010, mainly under my main site on blogger, TestSheepNZ.

It started out as a testing blog, but over time I found myself wanting to push the limits and boundaries — as of course any good tester should. It included politics, critical…