That Was The Week – Beginning 11 November 2024
At the beginning of the week, Sandy and I went to see ‘Blitz’ in the cinema, which was written and directed by Steve McQueen. It starred Saoirse Ronan as the mum, Paul Weller (from ‘The Jam’) as the grandad, and with an outstanding performance by Elliott Heffernen as the 9 year-old boy, with the addition […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 4 November 2024
I made a visit to the University of England (UWE) main campus library at the beginning of the week where I have formerly used their very quiet study area for reading and writing. On the last occasion I travelled there, it took me 40 minutes to go from my flat to be sat down in […]
The Value of Ignorance – And how it enriches my life
I would like to argue that my life is enriched and has great value as a result of my ignorance. I appreciate that this is a somewhat strange thing to say, and so I will attempt to explain how I have reached that conclusion. It is particularly strange for me to talk about the enrichment […]
Balancing – Light and dark
the darkness comesand with itthe loss of hopethe rise of fearand despaireverywhere bound here comes thosewho would chooseto operate in shadowboundaries not holdinglove not embracingwisdom never found we relish the lightto push back the darkaccepting not chaosbut order as a ruleenhance the dayto end the night yet daily we loseunable to hold backthe force of […]
That Was The Week – Beginning 28 October 2024
This was a big week for the UK, where I live, and it was quite a big week for me, personally, but on a really tiny scale for the rest of the world. Nonetheless, my day, like everyone else’s day, is made-up of tiny events, which become significant within the individual worlds in which we […]
Tree – Of words
I don’t know why I love trees as muchas I do and yet have never found outas much as I should haveabout variationwithin them itfeels wrongI did try oncebut it was hardand I gave-up toosoon itfeels wrong FraserOctober 2024
Procrastination Busting – How to break the dam we have built
I wrote recently about planning and avoiding distractions, here, but it is not the only hurdle to overcome when we are trying to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). Having got past one hurdle, we might come across another one that many of us have faced in the past, which is procrastination. Despite recognising […]
How To Make Sure Things Get Done – Despite the distractions
The distractions in life are where many of us find ourselves before too long. We may have started-off with good intentions to do this or write that, but soon we are consumed by the news, the politics, the gossip, TV, the game, the movie, the people, the book that grabs our original intention, and grinds […]
That Was The Week – Beginning on 9 September 2024
For me, this week was characterised by different kinds of writing, from poetry workshop to increased journalling to following prompts based on existing poetry. And I have had another piece of writing published by ‘Know Thyself, Heal Thyself’: How to Make Your Fish Ride a Bicycle — When all it wants to do is climb ladders. […]
How To Make Your Fish Ride A Bicycle – When all it wants to do is climb ladders
If you are not familiar with the active life of salmon, very briefly, they spawn in the rivers, and then make their way out into the sea to feed and mature, but when the mating season comes around again, the mature salmon make their way back to the original spawning grounds in the rivers. Given […]