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September 22, 2018 Art, collage, photography

Unfit For Purpose (or, Leaving the Fast Lane)

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You get those incredulous moments of – « is this really happening? » and « Why me? What have I done […]

September 15, 2018 Ageing, Employement, Retirement, Work

SUMMER STORIES

Summer Stories A few weeks back I posted some “rough” writing ideas – wel they have taken shape […]

August 12, 2018 seaside, stories, summer, TV, Weather, writing

Old Skin For Old Ceremony

A poem for complicated people who want to change how we are when how we are works already […]

August 11, 2018 Uncategorized

The Hottest Summer Ever

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The start of another silly story – I might finish this one day It was the hottest day […]

August 9, 2018 Ageing, Barbecue, nostalgia, summer, Weather, writing

More Than a One-Legged Dream (The start of a silly story)

Once upon a long time ago, that was so long ago that no one can remember, everyone in […]

July 30, 2018 Time Travel, Uncategorized, writing

Floating Around With the Garlic Whale

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    Some unpublished Holiday memories   Summer time and the living is easy, unless you are looking […]

July 30, 2018 Culture, Family, France, Fun, Holidays, Life, photography, seaside, Stress, Tourism, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Uncategorized, writing

Holidays. The usefulness and purpose of

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Chosen Holiday Reading this year – the Collected Essays of George Orwell – (Penguin Classics ISBN 978-0-14-118306-0) – […]

July 30, 2018 drifting, Holidays, Philosophy

Thoughts on Travel Writing

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In this holiday season, some thoughts on Travel Writin, taken from my 2014 novel “Ashes for Salmon” – […]

July 29, 2018 drifting, summer, Tourism, TRAVEL, Travel writing, Uncategorized, writing

The Joys of Summer

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A few personal thoughts and trashy drawings on the joys of summer (written over the years. Of course, […]

July 29, 2018 Holidays, summer

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