Thinking Spiritual soul I’d love to soar… over the land Like an eagle, high above Just soaring From the mouth of Pine Lick Creek to the top of the hills Where…
Thinking Monday Morning Inspiration #7 “For love of domination we must substitute equality; for love of victory we must substitute justice; for brutality we must substitute intelligence;…
On the Holloway Road Hornsey Library event Thanks to the kind prompting from May, I am finally getting around to writing about my talk and book signing at Hornsey…
Thinking Monday Morning Inspiration #6 “One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time” – AndrĂ© Gide
Literary events Luke Bitmead Award 2009 I was happy to see a call for entries for the Luke Bitmead Writers’ Bursary 2009. Luke wrote an excellent book, White…
Thinking Monday Morning Inspiration #5 Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. – Buddha
Reading “If on a winter’s night a traveler” by Italo Calvino Reviewing this book in the New Yorker, John Updike said that it “manages to charm and entertain the reader in the teeth…
Thinking Monday Morning Inspiration #4 If you realise that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren’t afraid of…
Reading “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel I’ve heard good things about this book for ages, ever since it won the Booker Prize back in 2002, but for some…