For every child who had to go first.

"You're not thinking of crashing through that, are you?" I'd seen him a few moments before. The manic energy and the clothes he wore...

When you pop in for a loaf and discover you are famous (briefly and kinda) up and down the country!

I might watch The Banshees of Inisherin tonight. No great writing news there. But, there is this thought. I was told the plot of the...

A good writing start to 2023. In The People's Friend.

A little home-made sermon by Reverend Yours-Truly. From this week's People's Friend.

My two-and-a-half-year-old grandson is a big Buzz Lightyear fan. This was inspired by a comment he made. Now, I'm thinking of doing...

The magazine The Simple Things is running an article on Found Poetry. The idea is that you look at your book shelves, your music...

Staying on the theme of keeping on writing - This is the teaser at the end of the On Reflection column in this week's People's Friend....

The important thing about writing - the MOST important thing about writing - is that you write! Which, of course, begs the question, "But...

The best stories are the ones that are never told. Or so they say. Usually, those stories go untold because they are so emotionally...

Tomorrow - Wed 24th Aug - this room will, hopefully, look a lot fuller! A dozen people is my optimum number for a writing group. More...

I went to see a comedy show. I came away with feelings I wasn't sure I understood. Lying in bed, later, I started writing randon thoughts...

A friend (and editor) at DC Thomson just asked if I had anything for the Fireside Book in 2024. She means a From The Manse Window...

Looking out my window this morning, I see rain and more rain. But, I like that.

This week Mslexia are/were running a workshop on using myth and foklore in our writing. Coincidentally, I walked past this sculpture last...

I could have put more work into this. I could have looked at the syllable count. I could have created enough extra examples to find...

This is from Evergreen, Winter 2021. I don't think I've posted it before, but... hey... I'm old :-)