What’s been happening? Well, not much. Which is another, deflecting, way of saying quite a lot, actually. So much that … More
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More places of hope
I said here a couple of years ago that Natalie Jabbar’s blog of curated poems each April is like a … More
Lifesaving Lines: The Death of Fred Clifton, by Lucille Clifton
So this is a bit spooky. All week I had in mind these marvellous final words from Lucille Clifton’s poem … More
Lifesaving Lines
Thank you to everyone who has commented to me either publicly or in private about my new series of blog … More
Writing prompts (blog post ending with a line by Shawna Lemay)
after Shawna Lemay Write a poem about the rain. Or the wind.Write about what you learned at university.Or did not … More
Head. Space.
As the book might say, it’s been a while, hasn’t it? As the book also might say, I have been … More
Some rainbows
It wasn’t all rain. There were rainbows among which Shawna has blogged about fountain pens again. Honestly, she could do … More
This was a good week
Third Sunday in Advent Today I pause from giving you updates from grief’s front line and take a leaf from … More
Tired, but
I am tired. Though I write from a place of privilege and of safety, I am tired. Tired of feeling … More
Places of hope
Here are some places that I have been visiting recently and derived much comfort from. I hope you enjoy them … More
What good is love that no one shares
I started a bit of a thing for Max Richter a while ago. Then gave up. Last autumn I came … More
Writing prompts (blog post ending with a line by Shawna Lemay) (LentBlog29)
after Shawna Lemay Write a poem about the rain. Or the wind. Write about what you learned at university. … More
Doing a Likely Lads (LentBlog19)
Lying awake last night wondering what had become of Theresa May’s deal in Parliament it suddenly occurred to me that … More
The Year of of Living Deeply
S … More
This divine breath, by Johann Herder
A breath of our mouth Becomes the portrait of the world, The type of our thoughts And our feelings … More
A book into which everything can go, by Thomas Merton
It is necessary to write a book in which there will be a little less of the first person singular, … More
To my fearless guest bloggers
One of the great joys of writing this blog in the last year has been to invite some of my … More
Guest blog post: Poetry and Work, by Shawna Lemay
Poetry and Work I recently took out a book via Interlibrary loan called, The Mind at Work: Valuing the … More