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Sea Creatures
The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination, and brings eternal joy to the soul. Robert Wyland...
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To all the pro and pre-crastinators!
No doubt we are all familiar with our dear friend procrastination. It is the method by which we avoid all things we don’t want to face....
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And now the New Year
Just so we are clear…I don’t do New Year resolutions. Generally, because I rarely mean them. I find resolving to be...
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So this is Christmas
Christmas 2024. I’m not sure about Christmas. I know there is an unwritten scale that extends from the super tinsel celebrators to the...
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Creativity
I know writers, poets, artists, crafters, photographers, content makers, actors, musicians and performers. It’s not just a list I can...
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The Lost Things
LOST: definition -Â Â no longer possessed or retained; no longer to be found; having gone astray or missed the way; bewildered as to place...
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Parental Furniture Delivery Service
I feel this has been an evolving career development over the past few years as the wonderful offspring have moved on with their lives....
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Idealist to Curmudgeon?
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.                                ...
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The Search Continues
When you have peace in yourself and accept, then you are calm enough to do something, but if you are carried by despair, there is no hope...
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Life Aquatic
If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.  Loren Eiseley  I do love the water. Have done since learning to swim at...
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Just been home
Home : Â home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or more human occupants But surely it is so...
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Now is the winter of our (knit)content
Apologies to Shakespeare I have never been a craft enthusiast and not because I don’t see the value and beauty in creative pursuits but...
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Anatomy of friendship
Anatomy: the internal structure or internal workings of something Friendship:  a state in which a person has a bond of mutual affection A...
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How Much Light Can You Hold?
My introduction to Sharon Halliday was through her writing. Two of her short stories shone a light on her childhood growing up in Young,...
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Killer: AKA Sal
It took me a long time to work out why the life of the party Sal was known as Killer! As a crime writer I thought I had a story straight...
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Lights, music, curtain up!
I have a profound respect for anyone who can get up on a stage, inhabit a character and entertain an audience. Or perhaps I just envy...
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Freddy is No Stereotype
I have a friend, who I shall call Freddy. He is a wonderful human who does incredibly good work, loves his family and is generous to his...
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Will the Real Mick Flynn Please Stand Up
Back in 2014 I asked my dear friend, Michael Flynn, if I could use his name for a character in this novel I was writing. The character...
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Where do they come from
This isn’t an existential question nor a biological one. Nor a practical one about why everyone goes to the supermarket at the same time....
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Y and Z
Yearning and Zeal Yearning is a feeling of intense longing or wishing for something that you may not be able to have or may have...
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