AI content is the new elevator music
While scanning over LinkedIn yesterday I noticed a very well written post by a connection of mine. When I say it was well written, I …
Life
Writing horror
I’m currently going through the querying process with my second novel, a folk horror piece, titled, ‘Don’t let them take the children.’ The story is …
True grit
A Ted Talk video that popped up on my LinkedIn feed the other day talked about success. This is not an uncommon topic on said …
Change is the only constant
Anyone who read my last post might not be surprised to hear that entering the last quarter of the year has left me feeling a …
The value of being alive
I was asked the other day if I could give one piece of advice to my kids for the future, what that would be. Part …
Into the unknown
Over Easter, we did some island-hopping in Greece and ended the tour in Santorini, which is one of the proposed sites for Atlantis. The topic …
Wild food, I think I love you
Since moving to the countryside, I’ve taken an interest in foraging. This started with the discovery of marsh samphire growing in the tidal lagoon near …
On the origin of ghosts
I’ve come to realize that ghosts are real. Not in the sense that the souls of the departed hang about in old buildings, scaring the …
Do you remember your first time?
I’ve just come to realize that what I thought was my first time was – in fact – not my first time. I thought I …
Forest bathing and the health benefits of trees
I’m a huge tree fan. That is, I’m enthusiastic about trees – not that I specifically like huge trees. I don’t really mind their size. …
Watching the ships roll in
Singaporeans often refer to their island as the ‘little red dot’ – because when highlighted on a map it appears as nothing more than, well, …
Sea glass or arse glass?
Christmas brought the usual mix of greed, gluttony, and sloth, but we also spent a good deal of time enjoying some favourite locations of North …
Merry Christmas, Mr Williams
As a family, this is our first cold Christmas in a long time (and for our son, his first winter Christmas ever). For the last …
Burnout in a blaze of glory
Like many households, December for our family is frantic, and burning the candle at both ends leaves us exhausted. The kids have one Christmas event …
Sharpen your saw
In the business and self-help book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, habit 7 is sharpening the saw, which, of course, isn’t intended literally. …
Let them lead the way?
Our house overlooks an estuary, which fills and empties each day, according to the tide. When out exploring, one must be careful to avoid high …
Red squirrel, evil squirrel
We’ve had sightings of red squirrels snaffling seeds from our bird feeder in recent weeks (please forgive the fuzzy phone pic). The flame-haired little critters …
Let there be light (please!)
It’s nearly five months since we relocated back to the UK from Singapore, and the household is now edging its way into its first winter …
Everybody’s heard about the bird flu
We are currently living inside an Avian Influenza Protection Zone. A ‘highly pathogenic’ strain of the virus was detected nearby, meaning various protection measures have …
The devil is in the blackberries
The other day I discovered a small sheltered bramble bush with a few stubborn blackberries that hadn’t withered away like the rest. Their season in …