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JOE MACINNIS -PHYSICIAN-SCIENTIST EXPLORER STORYTELLER Photo © Dr. Joe MacInnis, 2026 Joe MacInnis is a medical doctor whose pioneering research on undersea science and engineering projects earned him seven honorary degrees and his nation’s highest honour — the Order of Canada The first person to explore the ocean beneath the geographic North Pole, he was … Read more
By Robert Fripp. First published in THE DORSET YEARBOOK, 2023. This is not an obituary. It is a note of thanks for his scientific discoveries, and the paths that James E. Lovelock urged humans to follow, especially the concept of Gaia, often called the Gaia hypothesis. Lovelock’s research on Gaia attempts to show that Earth’s … Read more
‘Power of a Woman …’ ~ Melissa Snell reviews ‘a monumental challenge’: Mr. Fripp has taken on a monumental challenge. Not only does he handle the delicate balancing act of telling a good story while maintaining accurate historical detail, but he does so by getting inside the head of someone who actually lived more than … Read more
A Mid-March Robin, a poem by Martin Jones, takes our Guest Post. First published in Juniper magazine (Summer 2024).
In 1991, Yaroslava Surmach Mills created my calligraphic logo for Dark Sovereign. Her estate holds the Copyright.
In 1965, Dr. Max M. Munk, ‘Uncle Max’ to family, brought a unique present to his young cousin, Carol Burtin’s, wedding. Forty-some years earlier, it had propelled the first working Langley Variable Density (Wind) Tunnel, the world’s first pressurized wind tunnel. / Photo: Will Fripp
Robin Taylor was my boss for nearly ten years. Too bad it wasn’t longer; he was a model for Canadian journalism. Robin died on June 12 2013, in Basingstoke, England. One of six children to William and Joan (née Hendry) Taylor, Robin was born on Boxing Day 1932, in South Shields, County Durham. A Labour … Read more
TVOntario (TVO) ran a live 90-minute current affairs program, Speaking Out, for 14 seasons, produced by Carol Burtin Fripp. On October 10, 1985, ‘the controversial Catholic theologian Hans Küng’ was the show’s featured guest. Controversial? A word the media still love. However, Dr. Küng dealt with life as a priest confronting the real world. After the … Read more
‘Science’ (25 November 2017) published a story I thought both weird, wonderful —’Seeing the Beautiful Intelligence of Microbes …’ It was also strangely familiar. [1] The story begins: “Bacterial biofilm and slime molds are more than crude patches of goo. Detailed time-lapse microscopy reveals how they sense and explore their surroundings, communicate with their neighbors … Read more
