Sketches, drafts and notes

Reviewing the mundane

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:22:00 -0400

Following a purchase of some DIY products about a year ago, I got a rather random email from the...

The Retail Story of Easter

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:53:15 -0400

Long ago, at the beginning of time there was a God and she was known by all who worshipped her...

Internet killed the TV star

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:35:00 -0400

Television is evil. In spite of the tens of thousands of programmes available there is rarely...

Coming up from the deep

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 03:39:13 -0500

What could be more spectacular than that moment when one is lying down waiting for sleep and the...

City of tiny lights.

Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:57:00 -0400

I had an attack of Acephalgic Migraine today. I have been free of any incident since my last episode...

The problem with Hotmail

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 10:27:00 -0400

Internet ‘bots’ are, for the most part pretty annoying but from time to time they can be...

Imagine a Texan Sheriff as a spaceman.

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:37:00 -0400

(Forgotten British heroes, part one)You’d be forgiven for thinking that the basic premise of...

I have something rather unusual wrong with me.

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:10:00 -0400

I’m happy to talk about my condition as it falls into a category of illnesses which are best...

Original thought?

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 05:54:00 -0400

If the internet has proven anything, it has demonstrated to me that I have never had an original...

I'm fine.

Sat, 12 May 2012 09:16:47 -0400

I’m trapped in the wrong dream. A nightmare that somebody’s having. And every day my...

blackbird on Flickr.Blackbirds sing their heart out at dusk....

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:24:55 -0400

blackbird on Flickr.

Blackbirds sing their heart out at dusk. With tales of cats and worms and loves lost. High in the trees they tell their tales of adventure with a passion that lives in the moment more than any other sound you will hear.

A dongle in my coffee

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:30:40 -0400

It might appear peculiar in the cold light of the written word but watching people is a pastime...

On the impossibility of language [1]

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:12:00 -0400

Madeleine was blessed with sensational good listens.English is full of colourful phrases and...

The Land of Cockaigne

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:01:00 -0400

…where the food garnishes itself. The great British seaside [Part 1]On Yorkshire’s...

I am woman

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:54:00 -0400

With my daughter’s permission, I would like to showcase a piece of prose that she wrote and...

Tell me it isn't true

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:28:00 -0400

I thought they were joking when I saw the publicity for “Titanic -The Musical” but...

A restoration project

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:55:00 -0400

This is not the sort of thing that I’d usually write about but as it’s the kind of...

Rupert's cheerful little face

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 05:28:00 -0400

Just recently I was asked: “What literature has had the most influence on you?”To be...

Return of the Canada Geese

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 04:47:00 -0400

There is nothing quite so emotionally moving and spectacular than seeing the return of geese in...

When in doubt, don't scatter punctuation about

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 17:30:00 -0400

If you have written (or intend to write) your own text and you have used a spellcheck be sure that...