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Gossamer Bandages

Photo by Darren Pearce On Friday everything changed. Overnight the world had been bandaged in gossamer threads, as if a greater power had said, “Enough. Only compassion will emerge from this...

Gossamer Bandages

Photo by Darren Pearce On Friday everything changed. Overnight the world had been bandaged in gossamer threads, as if a greater power had said, “Enough. Only compassion will emerge from this...

An Unfinished Story

Photo by Thomas Hawk On Fridays the toddler is home with me, and it’s difficult to find a pocket of writing time. We play, I do chores, we go out with...

An Unfinished Story

Photo by Thomas Hawk On Fridays the toddler is home with me, and it’s difficult to find a pocket of writing time. We play, I do chores, we go out with...

Savouring Words: A Two-Fingered Salute to Rushe...

Photo by Jeffrey When I was a child I hid under the covers after lights out with a pen torch, determined to finish one more chapter. I took books with me...

Savouring Words: A Two-Fingered Salute to Rushe...

Photo by Jeffrey When I was a child I hid under the covers after lights out with a pen torch, determined to finish one more chapter. I took books with me...

On Writing and Exposure

Photo by Hartwig HKD It’s been two and a half years since I started blogging. Two and a half years during which I’ve learnt an incredible amount. Some of it is...

On Writing and Exposure

Photo by Hartwig HKD It’s been two and a half years since I started blogging. Two and a half years during which I’ve learnt an incredible amount. Some of it is...

A Mouse Set its Trap

Photo by Vijay Kalakoti A mouse set its trap in the city of lights – this timeA barrage of unusual sounds, then tidal lossReligion grows monstrous in the hands of faithless...

A Mouse Set its Trap

Photo by Vijay Kalakoti A mouse set its trap in the city of lights – this timeA barrage of unusual sounds, then tidal lossReligion grows monstrous in the hands of faithless...

Finding Balance: Light and Dark

Photo by Arches National Park I’ve been thinking recently about how responsibilities grow with age. Freedom too, in many ways. When I was younger happiness came readily, bubbling and buoyant, easily...

Finding Balance: Light and Dark

Photo by Arches National Park I’ve been thinking recently about how responsibilities grow with age. Freedom too, in many ways. When I was younger happiness came readily, bubbling and buoyant, easily...

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