The Year of Living Deeply 10: A week without –

I have just started reading Twyla Tharp’s The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life. Like those other classics … More

From Brussels With Love (LentBlog32)

Well, by tomorrow night, we might be out. Crashed out with no deal or sailing into a bright future presaged … More

after Mark Halliday Because of the writing days. And because The discovery will not happen on its own, unprompted, … More

Anne Lamott suggests an index card, and I have used these, but they suggest something pre-planned, organised. The envelope, especially … More

It isn’t often that you read something that you know as soon as you read it has the capacity to … More

I’m hoping that by the end of the week we may be nearer to a political solution to the national … More

Towards the end of her Greenbelt Festival poetry reading Q and A with Sasha Dugdale in 2017, Rebecca Goss said … More

I always think of myself as working at a rock face. Ninety days out of ninety five, it’s just a … More

I am half way down the path with a recycling bin, a podcast playing on my phone in my pocket, … More

That isn’t me in the photo, though it could be. A bald man in vaguely sportif clothing trying to take an … More

‘You good?’ says the book. ‘Yup,’ I say. ‘Good, thanks. All good.’ ‘You’re good. So you’re good,’ the book says. … More

I am not sure how this is going to turn out. It was something somebody said in response to my … More

‘What’s up?’ says the book. ‘It’s nothing. Really. I’m fine,’ I say. ‘For a person with their head in their … More

To celebrate the life of Mary Oliver, who died a week ago, I present a found poem, taken from the … More

‘Are you afraid?’ says the book. ‘What are you talking about?’ ‘Are you?’ ‘Have I upset you in some way?’ … More

‘Happy new year,’ says the book. ’And to you, too,’ I say. ’You all right?’ says the book. ’Fine,’ I … More

‘So I was thinking,’ the book says. ‘Going anywhere nice for Christmas?’ ’Do you want a lift somewhere?’ I say. … More

‘What have you learned, do you think?’ the book says. ‘Do you mind, I’m trying to have a bath!’ ‘Now … More