Never delete anything if you’re a writer! I’m delighted to have recently signed a publishing contract with Broadplace Publishing for a middle grade (Key Stage 2 if you’re in the UK) fiction book for girls, 23 years after writing it. Timing is a wonder… … More Blowing the Dust Off Old Ideas
I think I may have found the perfect antidote to the current maelstrom of TV sport as well as get your ahead of the Christmas rush… If you’re fed up with football, wearied by Wimbledon, tired of the Tour de France, irritated by ICC cricket or all round seriously sapped by all things sporty, then take a moment to investigate the contents of your games drawer. … More Fun & Games
I had expected my time back here to be be jammed with writing assignments; hours spent engrossed in creativity without heeding the clock. In reality it’s been rather different, complicated by another recent encounter with gravity which, frankly, is becoming rather boring. … More Getting the Boot – Again!
Mr Nature himself is about to reach the milestone 100…
The legacy Sir David Attenborough leaves us all is surely one of fresh insight into our beautiful planet and a desire to preserve, conserve and nurture the miracles of life that call it home. … More Happy Birthday to a National Treasure
‘Since God invited me into this ‘dance’ I have always felt safe in His strong hands; He is the choreographer, the composer, the artistic director and the lead. I just need to follow.’ … More Still Dancing
‘If you have more than you need, it no longer belongs only to you. Your responsibility is to lift up those who are still beneath you.’ A fictional speech that gets under your skin. … More Creating Noise or Inspiring Change?
‘You may hate gravity, but gravity doesn’t care – Clayton M Christensen (1952–2020; US academic)
… My latest mishap happened when I blew my nose. Honestly, you couldn’t make it up… Maybe gravity is just extra strong down here or perhaps my resistance to it is low. … More Gravity Doesn’t Care
‘And he who is not sufficiently courageous to defend his soul — don’t let him be proud of his ‘progressive’ views, and don’t let him boast that he is an academician or a people’s artist, a distinguished figure or a general. Let him say to himself: I am a part of the herd and a … More Progressive or regressive?
Regardless of what’s happening in the shallows or on the sand, those waves keep on coming. They’re regular and they’re relentless. There is no ‘off’ switch… this morning as I observed all this, I contemplated how life is much the same. Some people throw themselves into everything it brings; others hover on the edges unwilling to commit to being ‘all in’. … More Summer Holiday in January
‘…the light that darkness cannot handle’ John 1:5 (contemporary interpretation) It’s said that writers paint pictures with their words. So then, it must be true that painters give us poetry and prose with their colours. Oils, watercolours, pastels, chalk, charcoal etc – all the mediums within the reach of artists work themselves out on canvas … More Conveying Light into a Dark World
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