Rob Masters

 As we hit the Winter Solstice here in Boorloo (Perth) in Noongar Country, it is time to bring in the solargraphy cameras I set up at the Summer Solstice last year. Six months is the traditional span for leaving out a solargraphy camera, and this year I had five set up around the house. The first four were set up on our roof, three on the weather station mast, and one on the sewer vent. Let's start with one that sort-of worked. A solargraph with a second solar arc offset to the left.  This one was a recycled Solarcan, loaded with Ilford MultigradeIV paper. Unfortunately, I did not quite do the cable tie up tight enough, and when a huge storm rolled through about three weeks ago the camera was spun around by the wind. Hence the second arc. I really played hard with the colours on this one, resulting in some pretty heavy artifacting. So, let's now look at the ones that did not suffer from me being a noodle hand at them. Here is one I had pointed just North of West. So West by No...

 Well it is time for Hugo nominations again, and I am eligible for nomination as Best Fan Writer. Here are the entries (other than entries related to Gwen and Grey, and The Cerian and Varan War) that make up my body of work for 2025. You can (if you are a member of this year's Worldcon or last year's Worldcon) nominate here:  https://www.lacon.org/hugos/ Nominations will close on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 9:00am Pacific Time / 12:00pm Eastern Time / 4:00pm GMT. My list of works (first lines, as a rule): I can feel myself ripening on the tree of the dryad who is my mother. "Man I hate these firefighting jobs" Mike insisted on being on the cutting edge of sound systems, Grasilda had always been proud of her gene mods. Goldfrapp covers King Missile Carlos and Esmeralda were exhausted. The aliens from the LMC had dug up the old Earth legends from the charr Joyful Finder sat on the grassy hillside and watched the horses, feeling their emotions. Joyful Finder was...