INTRODUCTION TO ‘By the Blood of Brethren and Blackguards’
I’m very excited to release excerpts of the aforementioned novel on this blog. Nine instalments will be posted on Thursdays between June and August. No …
I’m very excited to release excerpts of the aforementioned novel on this blog. Nine instalments will be posted on Thursdays between June and August. No …
My lull since my last post has not been a quiet time on the writing front – far from it, in fact. I’ve found sometimes …
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 …
My recent blog entries have covered quite a mixture of topics – from wild food and foraging to AI and general relativity – reflecting my …
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 …
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 …
I’ve just come to realize that what I thought was my first time was – in fact – not my first time. I thought I …
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. …
A human wrote this post. There. Just needed to clear that up. I researched, spent time digesting the subject matter, and then drafted and revised …
Singaporeans often refer to their island as the ‘little red dot’ – because when highlighted on a map it appears as nothing more than, well, …
As I get used to 2023 life in the wintery wilds of Wales, the year has started with a bang on the writing front, with …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …