My mother died in June 2002 and today would have been her 89 birthday. The shock of finding her lying on the kitchen floor remained with me, almost constantly for a long time afterwards. Bereavement i… more →
Shallow Thinkingwrote 7 hours ago: For those of a certain mindset what we call art is simply the misfiring of an ancient evolutionary n … more →
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wrote 5 days ago: I am writing a sci-fi book. You want to read it when it’s done. This I know. The next few days … more →
wrote 5 days ago: This is fo’ all my screenwriter peeps, who know the trials of living in a country with no film … more →
wrote 1 week ago: The most dominant theme in my life has been the struggle to authentically relate my existence to God … more →
wrote 1 week ago: I bought this book during our Scottish holiday, some months ago. I have been deliberately saving it, … more →
wrote 1 week ago: A NOTE ON FAMILY What is family? I thought I knew until I found the family I so desperately craved w … more →
wrote 1 week ago: This is probably going to be a long and complicated post because it’s not about anything I usu … more →
wrote 1 week ago: channel a drunk Kelly Clarkson, it’s called “don’t delay the inevitable“ It’ … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Sometime last year I read that actually writing a book was the easiest part of being a writer. I mi … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I sit in the multi-hued dimness of our living room, staring contentedly at a six-foot-tall Chri … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: Utterly appropriate that I should link to Portishead in the previous post. The weather, you know? So … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: After another week out of town (this time visiting a cold, rainy and surprisingly un-Florida like Ta … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: If anyone wants to listen in, I’m fine with that. I promised myself that I wouldn’t go m … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: I like it – it’s relaxing, no? – because I’m drawn to natural woods, lots of … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: So I missed a week and no-one commented. That’s a relief, in one sense. Last Thursday I was ca … more →
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I keep a little notepad in my smallest camera bag. When I’m out and about I invariably stop fo … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Waiting, always waiting, a lifetime chewed up in waiting. Waiting to be an adult, waiting for the ri … more →