Saying goodbye to the blog and hello to Substack(?)
I don’t quite understand the difference between a blog and a Substack newsletter. I mean, OK, yes, I understand if […]
Creative, Non Fiction, Scribbles / Ideas / Thoughts
Creative
Creative, Non Fiction, Scribbles / Ideas / Thoughts
a handful of thoughts
ONE It’s the second wave of Disney’s golden age which is a term I’ve just made up and know isn’t
Non Fiction, Scribbles / Ideas / Thoughts
The Inexplicable
Many years ago, before I’d turned my back on teaching for the first but not the last time, a student
Non Fiction
something stupid
I did something stupid last night. That’s what I told them at work today. I did something stupid. This is
Creative, Non Fiction
The kid who hates me or: Attempts at being a good teacher.
There’s this kid who hates me. I know because he tells me. Not directly. He mutters it. Under his breath.
Non Fiction
Otto: A soppy story
A lot of writers have cats. That wasn’t my reason. I’d always wanted one, you see. Or, maybe, I’d wanted
Creative, Fiction, Scribbles / Ideas / Thoughts
Short thoughts from a messy notebook: Three
My last city, my home city, is not really much of city. A stop-over. A gateway to the rest of
Creative, Fiction, Scribbles / Ideas / Thoughts
Short thoughts from a messy notebook: Two
The tiny butterfly flew out of his mouth. He thought he had something important to say. Instead he got a
Creative, Scribbles / Ideas / Thoughts
Short thoughts from a messy notebook: One
The new girl in the office said she didn’t eat carbs. But I saw her eating chocolate and stealing staplers.
Creative, Scribbles / Ideas / Thoughts
That time I met Simon Armitage
Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. Robert Frost I needed to