I’m trying to write, really I am. But ideas just now are not ready to eat yet – they’re only half-baked. When I do my regular school pick-up walk, it doubles as free-to-think time. (It also doubles as yes-I-do-take-some-exercise-actually time, and my own individual version of Springwatch at the moment, just so’s you know.) There …
Category archives: Moments
Look back at anger
I was pretty angry on Friday night. Not only did I have to send myself to my room for a bit, it got in the way of writing too. I calmed down a bit later – a bit of after hours kitchen therapy can help sometimes. (Pulling apart a cooked chicken is also quite effective …
Whelmed
Not under. Not over. Just whelmed. Where what you get back is more than you expect – but you can deal with it. I wrote something approaching a poem last night – and had a message back from a friend in less then ten minutes. I was whelmed. Certainly not underwhelmed (comment is useful, when …
Game on: story cubes
Hello again. Â It’s been a while. Building work, junior player being ill rather a lot, family celebrations and even a trip abroad to add to the mix. Lots of living – less writing. Those of you who’ve read the blog in the past know that there’s a seasonal shift around this time of year. Â Autumn …
Game on: Happy Families
I have ummed and ahhed about including this one. Â Even the name feels un-PC these days, let alone the expectation that a family necessarily has mum, dad, boy and girl. But part of the point of games is that they work. Â The junior player I was with had no such qualms – she liked the …