Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 1-4-2021: Anne McCaffrey

1st March, 2021.

Officially?

I have now stopped shielding!

Yay!

Although, to be honest … ?

Not much has actually changed.

Saying that?   The easing of lockdown means I can now met people in my back garden.

It’s a shame it’s not much of a back garden … 

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I’ve got Radio Four, at the moment.

The Today Programme, so you know: listening too something always seems easier, whilst I’m writing a post, than having the TV on.

They’ve announced that Saturday’s Archive on Four is called A Writer and His Country, and about the late John Le Carré: the man behind Smiley.

One little titbit they’ve revealed?

Is that — before his death, and extremely angry? — he applied for, and successfully got, Irish citizenship.

Good for him.

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Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 21st November, 2019

21st November, 2019.

It’s got be said, I’m actually up early, today.

I’ve a meeting at the new and improved Job Centre.

What’s called a Commitments Review meeting.

In other words, one where my work coach and I go over what I need to do, in order to keep claiming money.

It should go well.

Although, as ever?   There’s things I want to chew over.

The last time I had an extended period of joblessness, I ended up having to sign on for the privately run Work Program.

Something that the then government was heavily promoting as a jobhunting cure-all … and something that, as it turned out, was about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Actually … ?   Less useful.   You could eat the teapot.

So … ?

I just want to find out what I could be facing … 

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R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey, Creator of Pern and The Ship Who Sang

R.I.P. Anne McCaffrey, Creator of Pern and The Ship Who Sang

Oh … Now THAT’s another sad one …

Lifelong science fiction fan that I am, I’ve got to admit, I’ve read a certain amount of Anne McCaffrey, in my time.

Mostly her Dragonriders of Pern series, which had both one of the strongest female characters I know I’ve ever seen, Lessa of Bendan Weyr.

So you can imagine my saddest in hearing that Ms McCaffrey had died on Monday, just gone, at the age of 85.

That’s sad.

I know I once met fantasy writer, Storm Constantine who called Ms McCaffrey ‘inspirational’.

I’m also fairly convinced there’s who’d say the same.

All I can do … ?

Is offer my condolences to her family.

AND did up my old copy of Dragonflight …