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October 31, 2021
India – My First Time 2 (reblog)
The second and final part of an early travel post: A few more photographs from 1989 (my apologies for the quality of some of them – all I had with me was a very cheap camera): After a few days in Delhi, I went to Srinagar, in Kashmir. I took the bus that went through …
October 27, 2021
India – My First Time 1 (reblog)
As promised, a repost of one of my early travel posts. This is part one of two, so I’ll re-post the second one shortly: Just a few photos this time, taken on my first proper trip to India. On the only previous visit, in 1988, I had spent a manic 18 hours in Delhi, and …
October 24, 2021
What To Do?
What can you do when you lose all confidence in your own writing? Write a post about my inability to write anything, I suppose. It has been a real struggle for the last six months or so. It would be easy to blame Covid and lockdowns, and they might have played their part, but it …
October 21, 2021
My Books
While I am still sorting out a new paperback printing both for Making Friends With the Crocodile and for The Night Bus, I have put up a listing on my Etsy shop for the last few remaining paperback copies of each that I have. If you fancy grabbing yourself a copy, the links are here: …
August 25, 2021
Making Friends With the Crocodile – Again
Well, it’s only taken me about six months, but I’ve sent the e-book version of Making Friends with the Crocodile out into the world once more. I expect you thought I’d never get around to it. Actually, I expect you’d completely forgotten about it. I unpublished both my books from Amazon back at the end …
August 2, 2021
Jazz – Delicious Hot
…as the Bonzo’s said, many years ago. I’ve told you before about Paul Gunn. And just in case you’ve forgotten, he and his band, the Paul Gunn Collective, play superb contemporary jazz, described as featuring an edgy vintage piano, classical cello solos with Latin and Rock rhythms. You can listen to – and purchase – Paul’s …
July 17, 2021
A Short Break
I’ve decided to take a break from all social media for a little while. Stay safe and well and I’ll see you all in a little while.
July 5, 2021
Apocalypse Deferred Just A Tiny Little Bit
Yesterday, I went for a walk around parts of Sussex and Kent. The sun shone – Hooray! I managed the whole walk without aching too much afterwards – Hooray again! I said good morning to some sheep and patted a very nice horse. I just knew it was going to be a Good Day. At …
July 1, 2021
Chanctonbury Rings
This Tuesday evening just gone. Brighton. 7.30pm. I’m here with my friend Mark to see a gig for the first time since the Pandemic began, a gig I had planned to see last year for my birthday, but which was cancelled – due to the Pandemic, of course. Chanctonbury Rings is a collaboration between writer …
June 29, 2021
The Thick Month
June is the Thick Month. Trees and bushes and stands of wildflowers have acquired a lush density by now, branches and stems encased in full-sized leaves, rich and vividly green. Leaves massed and packed in swaying light-blocking swathes. Nothing has yet faded, although there is a gradual falling away of birdsong now mating is over …
