Month: November 2012

I’m living in nanoworld at the moment. I’m working on my latest manuscript “Written in the Coffee” and taking part in the annual NaNoWriMo challenge – National Novel Writing Month 2012. This means that I need to find constant stimulation for my plot and novel content.   As I drive my son to school, I… Continue reading In Nanoworld

Remembrance Day   How would I feel if it were you? My lovely healthy strong young son. Yet if times were different You would have no doubt gone To foreign fields of death and pain. Grown up quickly, become a man. Seen things no sane person should have seen. While I spent my time wondering… Continue reading A Poem for Remembrance Day

Walking down the road today, it was lovely to see how many people were wearing poppies. There were a fair number of cars and lorries sporting them too. It struck me that so many people from so many different walks of life are united by the simple act of buying and wearing a poppy. One… Continue reading United by Remembrance