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Death by Pixels
Sylvia Shawcross I am living out my days in what once was a forested community but now a growing...
Sear the Fear
Sylvia Shawcross Waking up to the red sun in the morning when sailors take warning is a miracle nevertheless....
Squabble-Warbling Again
Sylvia shawcross So I was on the phone to a government department and was speaking to the computer. Or...
In the days before…
Sylvia Shawcross So we’re having a Dogwood Spring some would say here in this part of the world. Early...
The Easter Island Heads Don’t Face the Sea
Sylvia Shawcross Welcome to your Off-Guardian Friday/Saturday opinion piece. Also known as the placeholder for the discussion that might...
It Is All Sushi
Sylvia Shawcross I understand Easter Island now. Those heads and bodies huge on the horizon of the islands staring...
Why not the zebra long-winged butterfly?
Sylvia Shawcross Some things keep us up at night such as the horrifying thought that if they eliminate all...
Why do Peacock Spiders dance?
Sylvia Shawcross We’re not divided enough. Surely there are more things for us to fight each other over? We’ve...
Mother Goose Stepping
Sylvia Shawcross Here in the northern hemisphere winter mourns its way to spring with tears that sometimes freeze on...
Doom’s Monotony
Sylvia Shawcross Some days I convince myself that nothing is actually happening and all we have is a whole...
Frothing in the fast lane
Sylvia Shawcross Some days the world will make you spitting mad. This naturally brings us to the little understood...
And we stop it now for the “real” common good
Sylvia shawcross This was a very difficult opinion to write because there are many people I love who have...
In Bovine Fields the Poppies Blow
Sylvia Shawcross In the ghastly world where the mooing herds furiously and fulsomely flatulate in the forever future fields...
The Frog of War
Sylvia Shawcross There are seven types of frogs in the Ukraine. So whenever you look at the map of...
It WAS World Margarita Day…but it isn’t anymore
Sylvia Shawcross Now I was looking at February 22. Nobody really cares about February 22 because it isn’t special...
Yakety Yat Chat
Sylvia Shawcross Now I know I promised last time that I might tell you the tragic tale of the...
The Meal(worm)y Mouthed Monsters
Sylvia Shawcross And so we have to go back to discussing insects I’m afraid. It is just the way...
Keep on trucking’ in the free world
Sylvia Shawcross Some mornings you wake up and straggle-stretch your way to the coffee cup in a state of...
Down Cricket Road
Sylvia Shawcross Now you’d think that Jacinda Ardern, a WEF star, would have picked a different turn of phrase...
The doubt of a trout
Sylvia shawcross Well, we all get these stray thoughts sometimes. They are orphaned from our lives and our doings...
