If You Write It, They Will Come

It’s not easy being a would be author. First off you have all the time and effort you have to put into creating your work, which you do for free in your spare time since the publishing industry is only interested in finished novels (if you’re writing fiction that is). And then when you want [...]

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Where To’s That Then?

(brace yourselves, this is a long ‘un – oo-err missus! ) Oh Spring, where have you been? Away for so long, I thought you’d never get here! But now finally the equinox has come and gone, the days are longer, the nights shorter, the sun is out, and we’re about to go into summer time [...]

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“…what I wrote I wrote on purpose.”

There’s an excellent website called Letters Of Note. They reproduce, as you might expect, letters people have written (Where will such websites get their material in the future, in this age of e-mail and text, I wonder?) that are special, or significant, or just plain fascinating in one way or another. Trust me, go there [...]

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…and a Happy New Year

Start as you mean to go on they say. I started 2012 by sleeping til gone noon, then lazing about the flat playing online games and watching movies. So, a lot like 2011 then, lol. Ok, technically I started 2012 at the Sivananda Yoga Centre enjoying their new years eve celebrations. I went along early, [...]

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But The Worst Of It Was…

I think you’ll like this. 25 years ago, in a far away land called Cumbria, a 12 year old me (at the urging of his Grandma) entered a short story competition on local radio. There was but one criteria for the story, it had to end with the line, “But the worst of it was [...]

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Disaster Recovery

Ok, “Disaster Recovery” is probably a bit over dramatic. It’s just a phrase you hear often in TV for dealing with any number of transmission problems – power cuts, terrorist attacks, a plane landing on top of you – and I just like the sound of it. I’ve been dealing with my own ‘disaster’ recently, [...]

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Some General Reflections

What a weird week it’s been. Back to work after the week of meditation. That was a bit of a shock. But, they did agree in principal to a sabbatical, which is good. I just need to decide when I want it (and ergo, what I want to do) and we can sort it out [...]

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In The Land of Kiki

Hello My Loves. Well, what’s fresh in the land of Kiki? Let’s see… First up, as I sit here writing this I’m listening (again) to the Mix Master Mike Show on XFM. Proper old skool DJing from he of the Beastie Boys fame. If you haven’t go check it out via their Listen Again service [...]

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A New Hope

Trying to explain enlightenment to someone is like a turtle trying to explain to a fish about dry land. “But there must be water there?” says the fish. *   Luckily my problems aren’t nearly as difficult as that (just trying to attain enlightenment is hard enough). … So last week got a little dark [...]

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Life & Stuff & Things Like That

Bon Iver’s got a new album out!! To celebrate I’m peppering this post with a few of his tunes for you to enjoy whilst you read. Lord knows how long they’ll last, so get ‘em while they’re hot! Y’know, I considered deleting my post of yesterday, it being full of talk and no action; and [...]

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