Can’t sleep. I’ve passed that point where you might drift off naturally, and am back into the point of brain-whirring. Time to get up then. To give way to the brain, read a little, write a little, calm the system down. And eat a little, to encourage the body to slow too. In the past, …
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A little evening alchemy
It begins with finding cucumbers on special in the Co-op. Six cucumbers. Well, five actually, marked down – the sixth is there, and I grab it, whether it’s the same price or not. A little maths late in the (almost finished) summer term: 3 whole cucumbers + 2 large onions + 1 green pepper (if …
Living dangerously
Call it the hot and sticky weather (unusual for Scotland). Call it the approach of 40. Call it the congruence of thoughts and various blog posts. Whatever I call it, it feels like a call, of sorts, to shake a few things up. Try some new things. Live dangerously, even – or dangerously for me. …
Removing the fourth wall (or talking directly about the writing)
In the theatre, they talk about the fourth wall – the side of the ‘box’ where the audience sits. To remove the fourth wall is to acknowledge the audience, to talk to them directly, as well as to perform the story. That’s where I’m at right now. I wasn’t particularly planing to. But it’s the …
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Take 2.5: gearing up
Writing when I wanted to. Writing because I wanted to. Now it’s time to go a stage further. I was all set to have take one, take two, take three – but I realised I’m in an in-between stage here. So take 2.5 – half-way to something new, but not there yet. — When you …