Colours of the Soul
“So what do you call this?", you rightly say. "Turning up without a "How do you do?" after months of silence!”
Suitably shamed, I find...
Friends to the Rescue
It’s rather strange isn’t it how our lives seem to have phases when one activity becomes less spontaneous (blogging in my case right now),...
Onto the Subject of Hedgehogs & Frogs
“I thought this was a blog about cycling”, I hear myself commenting.
“Had this been a play written for radio about experiences on a bike,...
Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
“How come you don’t get bored doing the same route every day”, I get asked.
Though I think the question was rhetorical, it resurfaces as...
Learning from a tiny garden
A friend texts me as I sit down to drink my Americano with hot milk (… ironic isn’t it that it would be simply...
“We Are Better Than This!”
There’s a wonderful book for ‘blocked creatives’ called 'The Artist’s Way'. I’ve been dipping into it for years, even though it’s meant to be...
Strange Times are These / Frazzled
The person in the mirror bears an uncanny resemblance to a ‘befuddled smurf’. Only less cute. My reaction? There is none and that's a...
Land of the Dragons
A difficult few weeks have made blogging about as possible as climbing the Eiffel tower backwards... No, I'm not sure why I chose a...
Furry Friends
It’s amazing how bleak things can seem. Right before they're not! Although the process can be far from simple, overcoming that sense of 'stuckness'...









