Friday 18 August 2017

The Beauty & Freedom Of Being Weird

A few days ago, I was invited to a friend's birthday party. Her son is friends with my niece Boo, the Golden One, or at least as much as three year olds have friends. Both Kinder were at the party and much fun was had. Until both, under the influence of refined sugar (teh evols etc), had miniature meltdowns.

At one point, Boo tried to tell her friend, who we shall call Dee - who is sweet and lovely and gives some of the best hugs ever - what to do...

Saturday 5 August 2017

Love is Not a Good Enough Word

Readers are advised that this was written under the influence of Dean Martin, Howard Keel, Bob Dylan and Edward Elgar playlists...

Love is Not A Good Enough Word...

I'm writing a story about soulmates. In fact, I'm writing a story about what happens if the concept is abused and twisted. It has me thinking about the nature of love: its many forms and the value our society places on each...