Arrival’s Message to us All

  I sat down and watched Denis Villeneuve’s powerful and glorious looking sci-fi drama Arrival with a sense of expectation. Continue reading →

A Sting in the Tail

A wasp has made a home inside the rotten potato I wasn’t happy about it to start with, but now Continue reading →

Recreating Tall Man

The Tall Man Chronicles is a long gestating project that I have spent a lot of time thinking about. It Continue reading →

Exclusion Zone

In the exclusion zone Not sure why Listening to Nick Drake Wondering why he had to die Thoughts drift towards Continue reading →

The World Outside the Podcast – Neil Young

  Neil Young – wild haired raconteur, musician, poet, activist and crazy horse has an album out. Here is my Continue reading →

On the Seventh Day

    On the first day she looked up, there was a long way to go On the second day, Continue reading →

Bucking the Trend

My favourite writers all disobey the conventions of writing in some way. Whether it’s Stephen King, reaching critical acclaim after Continue reading →

A Difficult Decision

  The prompt today made me think of the poem Rain by Edward Thomas and the rather sad story behind Continue reading →