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“Take what resonates, toss the rest”
Giving Feedback The title of this post is a sentence that’s often used at the end of a...
The Welsh One
We gazed from Cardiff’s seafront as the diamond radiance of a million stars glittered in autumn’s midnight. ....
Hurricanity
I have to make a new word. This is not uncommon for me. Legiterally is now, officially, a...
Creativity: A Risky Behaviour
There has long been an association between mental illness and creativity with seemingly endless examples of successful creatives...
River Cruise down the Danube in Eastern Europe!
We are back from a river cruise down the Danube from Budapest to Bucharest. Well, what did we...
9. SEPTEMBER MUSINGS
When, after the August sun, the first rains fall there’s something nostalgically magical that lures you outside or...
My Friend Is An Adventurous Snail
It was an irresistible afternoon, the gorgeously seductive late summer / early-autumn sunlight inviting me to come play...
AI – The ‘loom’ of our time.
I’ve been avoiding the subject of AI for a long time. I’ve tried to ignore it, tried to...
In Other Words…
I’m Fine Whenever I meet someone new, I try to learn their language. I don’t mean French or...
The Seven Deadly (Writers’) Sins…
Come over here for a moment, would you? But be careful of the edge of the table, it’s...
About it all Again
Thinking back to December 1973... a village called Oberjoch (over the hill) in the Bavarian Alps....
Shrek – a Masterclass in writing character
I recently had a great movie night with my daughter. We made a fort (three kitchen chairs with...
It’s Not the End of the World
Well, it sort of is… I’ve been fascinated by dystopian fiction for many years – any story which...
It’s Art if I say so
Marcel Duchamp said this: it's art if I say so. He's the guy who stuck a urinal on...
8. The Scots Invade Italy
The 28 Delegates from Earlston in Scotland here on their annual twinning visit with Cappella Maggiore attended Mass...
Is the future here yet?
As a kid, I watched Star Trek. Some things have come true. I remember at the market you...
She Explained
She was distracted and he ran on the pitch in an instinctive, uninhibited, exhilarating chase along the right...
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