Coming Out (* sort of clickbait)

So, I haven’t done much with this blog for a while. I’m not sure what to write, what to post about – life seems to kind of be the same over and over – most of the photos I have are of me walking the dog or the house looking pretty in the sun/rain/mist. I had a very low point at the start of…

Way to go, America

If you haven’t heard about Pine Bush High School – get googling – the world is on fire with this story. Apparently, it has escaped the attention of some parts of small town America that we are in the 21st Century. Let’s set the scene.

writing

The observant among you might recall that I have a romantic notion of being a writer. I have lots of good ideas for book, some fully imagined and started but on hold, some as shells of a vague plot outline, and some as nothing more than words in my head.  Trouble is, I keep getting more ideas than I can actually write and sometimes,…

story time

I have a dream No, not that kind of dream, as good a dream as that might be, I’ll leave that up Martin Luther King. A writing dream.  I really want to write books, but I find it hard to keep motivation going.  I have too many other things to do, day to day, including photography, my day job and my family. So as…

Five get a makeover (and go for a KFC)

I’ve been building up a head of steam about this all day, so you’re getting the full monty, on my soapbox, high horse, both barrels blog post. This is about the news that the publishers of the legendary Enid Blyton stories, Hodder & Staughton, have decided that the language in the books is a little outdated and needs to be edited to bring it…

storytime

I’ve been writing on and off for years. I wrote 1/2 a novel in 2002 but ran out of steam and actually, I had trouble writing dialogue. The idea for that one is still parked and I’ll probably have another crack at it one of these days, sooner rather than later I think. I was a little disturbed to rent a DVD with a…