Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast

During a trip by car I noticed a guy on the phone in a parking lot frantically trying to start his car, a kid really, a ki... more

“But when it thinks, I feel like vomiting.” With these words, it is clear that if Nigel Dennis were still arou... more

Were I a listmaker, and perhaps I am, you would be the warm recipient of many reasons to be grateful when the internet goe... more

So I read in the news today about the Indonesian macaque monkeys who’ve learned to successfully catch fish, and how ... more

So, my "identity" was stolen recently. And not for the sake of sordid members-only internet sites or international travel... more

Fishing season began early this year for your Miette, with the streetside discovery of a freshly abandoned goldfish with w... more

After a week of muscle-burning manual work and long long drives, some of us settle in with a nice cold beer. For others--... more

All week I've been wanting to read this to you, waking up more excited than the trashman on the day-after-Christmas, and r... more

A saw a sign the other day while out on a drive, a sign that said this: Frost Heaves . And I almost had to stop and c... more

The question that's been asked a few times of me now: why don't I read more African writers? Actually, it's been asked mo... more