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I'm trying out alternative blogging sites. From ‘dipping your toe in the water’ to ‘jumping in at the deep end’, see my latest renewable energy article, “The Ups and Downs of Ocean Power”, on Medium at this link: · https://medium.com/@kenboddie/the-ups-and-downs-of-ocean-power-31 ...

If you want to change the world with your writing, you may have to change some of your words. · I'm trying out alternative blogging sites, so why not join me on Medium and find out why “First drafts are shit”. · Here's the link: · ">https://medium.com/@kenboddie/take-delight-in- ...

Picture this: you’re at the departure gate, surreptitiously clutching your economy ticket as if it were a winning lottery ticket. · The carefully choreographed boarding ritual is about to begin. · Loading these modern-day chariots of the sky, with their precious and semi-preciou ...

It was the last weekend in October already. If that's not scary enough (what with the mid-year sales seemingly having passed by only five minutes ago) then the end of October heralds its customary programme of: · pumpkin hollowing and carving into grotesque and scary shapes (with ...

So let's look at the derivation of the word ‘idiom’, as set out in Ref 1. · An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can’t be deciphered by defining the individual words. Appropriately, the word “idiom” is derived from the ancient Greek word “idioma,” wh ...