Covid 2020 Tales (vii) : Pandemic-inspired Pallet Creation Continued
So here we are. The UK has been in “lockdown” now since over 3 weeks ago, and today the almost inevitable happened, as Boris Johnson’s number 2 in charge, Dominic Raab, […]
Tag Archives: Writing
Sunday Scribe: Sharing in Sufferings
Not a catchy title tonight. But suffering is real on planet earth. If you’ve lived here any length of time, chances are that you will have tasted some suffering at […]
Sunday Scribe: Rediscovering Bone Broth
Let’s talk about bone broth. (Not the kind of article you were perhaps expecting, but variety is the spice of life and all that). As I continue to recover from […]
Further Reflections on an Eventful Year:
HAVING SHOCKED you with my photos last time, I hope you’ve realized by now my intentional opposite spirit to the majority of social media, (which is often aimed at presenting […]
Boots from a notable night
It’s true a picture is worth a thousand words. Many people may not have believed the post I shared on 2nd May, sharing a tiny 10% snippet of what happened […]
The last normal Tuesday
EIGHT weeks ago tonight was my last ever evening riding my trusty moped in Redding, California. It offered a practical, fun and highly economic solution to the lack of public […]
December Beckons…
A YEAR AGO, I was in Warsaw, Poland, for what I had no idea was about to become a very, very significant trip, indirectly, into new scary but faith-filled steps […]
Whitetails and Open Skies
AFTER a semi-conscious break from posting anything on social media in recent months, I felt to write a wee random blog article this week. I’ve just had a quietly […]
Example of my feature writing: American national magazine, ‘Reptiles’, marketed as the World’s biggest reptile magazine, published across USA March/April 2017
Final Dark Beauty at Christmas…
This will be my final post of this year, and potentially thereafter. I haven’t firmly decided yet. As I always say, ‘I have a love-hate relationship with social media.’ I […]
Maghera to Praha for coffee, cuisine & more
LAST WEEKEND I wrote of my authentic experience at ‘The Auction Room’ in Maghera, and told you about the great coffee, food and ambiance on offer to residents and commuters […]
Powerful PRAGUE!
Not to keep you all in suspense any longer, I made it to PRAGUE last night, and it’s powerful architecture, beautiful Christmas markets and medieval beauty have already impacted me! […]
Welcomed with a sunset and coffee…
AFTER TEN hours on a bus, due to snow and stops along the way, (sounds worse than it was) I was welcomed to this new country with a beautiful December […]
Warsaw…while the going’s good!
So whilst the internet is working here, I might as well update a wee bit more whilst I can. Everything is fine back home, (from my previous post – answers […]
Bit too much drama the last 24 hrs…
It’s been a very eventful 24 hours in Warsaw, far too eventful. Everything here fades to insignificance when someone you love ends up in hospital back home, but I am […]
Stillness in the City
On a whirlwind visit to Warsaw today, before heading to my main destination tomorrow, I came across this beautiful peaceful Catholic church, just off the beaten track from the main […]
Practicalities in the Polish capital
Downtown Studio rentals is where I am staying, bookable online at booking.com (other accommodation sites are available!). For a very reasonable £20 per night it’s possible to have a spacious, […]
Hello from Eastern Europe…
THE UNEXPECTED ADVENTURES within this year, often because of the fierce adversity thrown in the beginning of 2016, (but not a surprise to my ultimate guide) have been quite amazing. […]
C.S. Lewis…What a Man
THIS DAY in 1963 saw the dark departure from this earth of a writer of incredible latent talent and ability, C.S. Lewis, who also happens to have been from the […]
Simple Sunday ‘Sabbath’ musings…
Just been reading Psalm 23, one of the most common Psalms, and thought I’d share a little simple thought or two. ” …you prepare a table before me in the […]
Autumn Beauty
FIVE WEEKS ago I posted a poignant article about a beautiful young lady who passed on to the next life. A bit of a ‘taboo’ subject, perhaps, but something close […]
Poetry Corner Week 6 of 6: The Newspaper
THE NEWSPAPER Clicks of typing, chatter on the floor Telephones ringing, reporters abound, Amidst a buzz, Depth unspoken; undoubtedly profound. Cups of coffee, like drips all around. Yet […]
Ballymena to Bethel: California Capers Part 4
Twenty years ago I was a 10-year-old at primary school (or as American’s call it, Elementary school), but suddenly this past weekend I have had a fresh understanding of what […]
