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Continue reading →: The oxygen of publicity
There are some politicians who think that by denying killers access to the media, you will stifle their impact on the world. The NZ Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has adopted a similar stance with the mass murderer who gunned down over fifty people in two mosques in Christchurch during Friday…
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Continue reading →: Spring is sprung
Just back from leafy Surbiton where the magnolias and daffodils are blooming lovely. Our garden has a few daffodils in bloom and, if it would stop raining for a day or two, some gardening might get done. New Zealand will be tightening their gun laws in the aftermath of the…
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Continue reading →: Hope favours the lucky
Won a few quid on the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Got my outside chance bet on for the final matches in the Six Nations. If Ireland beat Wales and England draws against Scotland I will rediscover my Irishness and have a few more quid to toast Saint Patrick.
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Continue reading →: 90 years old
Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. We had open house for friends and family. Booze, sushi and canapés were delivered in the morning. My mum was in good form despite recent health scares. It was a chance for me to meet all the lovely friends she has made at a local…
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Continue reading →: Wind speed may vary
Why is it that the day I want to fly there is always some glitch. We got caught out with drones last time. Today it’s strong winds gusting to 50 mph. My son’s lunchtime flight is delayed…the miscreant has gone AWOL…
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Continue reading →: Six Nations
The Six Nations is a great rugby championship and also a way for me to decide which nationality to adopt. With an English father, a Welsh mother and living in Ireland for 19 years, my allegiance is fluid. Currently, I am leaning towards my Welshness, but that might have more…
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Continue reading →: The birthday poem
I’m normally ok with birthday poems. But this one is special. My mother’s 90th is coming up next week. I knocked out a rhyme but it didn’t sound right so I am working on a prose poem. I started with a theme of place. So we begin with the front…
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Continue reading →: How to write a poem
I have just finished a MOOC on poetry writing. I was curious to see if it would steer me away from my very basic rhyming metre that I call my dum-di-dum style. It didn’t, but there were some opportunities for having your work reviewed by fellow writers on the course.…
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Continue reading →: The Rights of Woman
On International Women’s Day, a quick search for famous European feminists led me to Olympe de Gouges (1748-1793). Revolutionary France may have been inspired by the likes of Voltaire, Diderot and Rousseau but the freedoms sought were largely intended for the male sex. Thomas Pain set out in the Rights of…
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Continue reading →: Sologamy
Loving yourself can be taken too far in my opinion. It’s not April 1st – I checked. This is actually a thing. Call the caterers, book the wedding venue because you’re getting married…to yourself. The marriage may not be legal, but it’s finding favour with all kinds of people; from…
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