Carve out a regular writing slot during my weekdays and protect it I've thought long and hard about this one. I rejected joining the 365k writing club because I know that's not what I'm looking for. I like weekends. I like the fact that they're different from the working day. It's possible that I might... Continue Reading →
I've recently joined Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (the link takes you to details on what that means and how to join. You'll also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge - do check them out). On the first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears or words... Continue Reading →
All years have a mix of the two - I do like to focus on the positives, on what went well, on what was achieved - even if it hadn't been on the list of intentions for the year. But whilst I don't agree with self-flagellation over the unachieved, it can be useful to carry... Continue Reading →
This Christmas I wish for ... peace on earth - although in it's absence, I take hope from friendship sought between warring factions ... kindness to all mankind - let's practice regular random acts of kindness ... a life filled with love, friendship and family - whatever form that takes and being related by blood... Continue Reading →
Yeah, I know that's a statement that any serious reader will be nodding at ... but they'd also be saying "what's new?" And I'd be agreeing with them. Even a voracious reader doesn't ever catch up, because there's so much more out there - classics that you never read as a child, new genres you... Continue Reading →
I've just joined Alex Cavanaugh’s Insecure Writers Support Group (the link takes you to details on what that means and how to join. You'll also find a list of bloggers signed up to the challenge - do check them out). On the first Wednesday of every month, we all post our thoughts, fears or words... Continue Reading →
It was an early autumnal day, the sun was shining and we'd planned an afternoon's mooch around the shops. But first we dropped in for a quick bit of camera action at the local vineyard 'cos Himself had a hankering to try photographing vines. But then he spotted it. It ...? A ruined tank! Now... Continue Reading →
I'm a co-host over at FictionCanBeFun and, having missed our own #ff photo prompt last week, I thought I'd make use of our new #TortoiseFlashFiction page ... Sam was peeved. It’d been his turn to plan the romantic weekend and, as they were both keen photographers, he'd decided on a moonlight photo session at... Continue Reading →
There's this photo challenge running around to post one black & white picture a day, depicting your life, with no people and no explanations. I got tagged by a friend but, I'd already read the superbly subversive attitude to the challenge taken by Ally Bean and thus inspired, I decided to accept the challenge but... Continue Reading →
... was my father's birthday. This year we are marking it without him. We'll be taking some of those Chinese lanterns up onto a nearby hill, lighting them, before sending them up into the night sky with our love and final goodbyes. My father was a great raconteur. Any time we had a gathering, he'd... Continue Reading →
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