May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
What does one do when the creative writing well seems dry? Find a topic? Pick something? It’s nearing the end of the first week of January. I could talk to you about howJanuary feels to me? It feels like a month of 62 days! Most of the time… But this time may just be different….
Today is another day in which the excitement in me is quietly bubbling over. I WANT TO KEEP THIS FEELING! I don’t want to lose it but equally I am scared of trying to hold onto it! Let me explain! I have spoken about it somewhat already in a recent post titled The ‘Off Topic’…
This morning one of my study books arrived in the post. The Faber Book of Beasts. I had a quick look through the book just to make sure it was in a suitable condition for use. But, wait up. What do my eyes spy as I take a cursory glance through it? THIS! I cannae…
I’m sitting at my PC today wanting to continue with the exercise of writing. And I have things swirling around in my head. Bits and pieces of this, that and the other and just wanting to try and blurt all of these things out and try and do that in a quick manner before I…
Last night Spotify revealed my yearly listening stats to me. There was no real surprise to find Simple Minds at the top of the tree yet again! And that Boys From Brazil was my top track for seventh year running. All the SM tracks in my Top 5 played tracks of 2021 all came from…
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We read what we want to read, don’t we? Even with the text there written out in black and white, we can still end up interpreting things as we want to – can’t we? It’s really great to have Jim posting daily again. I actually can’t quite believe he’s posted THREE DAYS IN A ROW…
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When does a hobby become a career? Today I have been looking at the University of Strathclyde site, looking at courses – and all of it, every single bit of it feels so out of reach! I looked at undergrad courses. Pipe dreams! I looked at the Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences. I looked…
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