Frozen Shoulder Treatment — Hydro Dilation (updated)

Hydro Dilation (updated) or how to fix Frozen Shoulder

Just a quick update to say that my shoulder is now 99% back to normal and I am once more doing gardening without any pain. I am trying to be a little careful…

Babushka dolls and the Multiverse

I’m a science fiction writer, as well as a reader, so I tend to think about odd things when my hands are busy and my brain is unattended.

Today I was working on my latest rockery project when I found myself thinking about babushka dolls.

How to send money using Paypal

Many years ago the only way you could send money overseas was by telegraphic transfer and even with e-banking it was a convoluted process involving scary things like SWIFT codes. It was also expensive as each transaction cost about $20. Today I’ve discovered a cheaper and…

More sexy villains — the lure of redemption

A while ago I wrote a post about what it was that made villains so sexy. Ever since then I’ve been amazed at how often search engines have brought people to my blog based on searches for ‘sexy villains’. Clearly I am not the only one who finds them…

And now for something completely different…Chocolate Mousse Cake!

Photos, at last! This first one shows the cake unmoulded, with dark chocolate shavings on top.

Not terribly impressive as visual images go, is it?

‘Suffer the little children to come unto me’

I rarely think about religion these days — I haven’t learned anything in the last 43 years to tempt me back into the fold — but I do think about good and evil quite a bit, especially when I learn of children dying. That’s when words from the new…

Patience conquers all

I can’t remember where or when I first came across the saying ‘love conquers all’ but I know the expectation has stalked me for most of my life. I expected that tiny kitten to make a miraculous recovery. It didn’t. I expected my parents would let me keep that sad eyed puppy. They didn’t. I…

Merry Christmas Eve!

In my family we always keep to the Hungarian tradition of celebrating Christmas on Christmas Eve rather than on Christmas Day, so we’ve just finished our Christmas Eve dinner, capped by a partial giving of presents, and I’m beat.

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson — a review

There are times when I finish a book and feel uplifted, even joyous. At other times a book may plunge me into deep thought or introspection. Both of these reactions are fine by me and generally lead to reviews that are easy to write. The following review of…