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A New Way Of Life – Day 4

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You were warned. I warned you. I warned you repeatedly. In fact, I have been warning you for decades but would you listen? No – of course you wouldn’t. You always thought you knew better, so you didn’t listen. While I tried to make you see sense, I saw you with your hands planted firmly against your ears, singing at the top of your voice, ‘la la la la, I can’t hear you.’ You repeated this over and over. You went on your own merry way, never wanting to open your ears to reason, to common-sense, or even the starkest … Continue reading A New Way Of Life – Day 4

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A New Way Of Life – Day 3

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We are all in this together! When thinking about how to cover the vast topic that is COVID-19, it all becomes somewhat overwhelming. Where to start? The world? Asia? Europe? My country? My town or my home? Every aspect of life, be it our country, our work, our friends and family, our health and well-being, is affected by this dark, brooding shadow that hangs above planet earth. One thing is for sure though – we are in this together. The world is united in a way it didn’t want to be – in it’s fight against this sinister and microscopic … Continue reading A New Way Of Life – Day 3

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A New Way Of Life – Day 2

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It’s nearly the end of Tuesday and although I have been working today, I have not left home. I have not left home yet I am drained of energy – I just want to sleep. Sleeping sometimes provides an escape from all things virusy (is that a word? It is now). I am struggling to even concentrate on reading even though I know that this would provide another form of escape. Of course, the other way of emptying your mind of the COVID-19 stuff is to shake your head and allow the words to fall onto a notebook and see … Continue reading A New Way Of Life – Day 2

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A New Way Of Life – Day 1

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Since I started my creative writing degree course with the Open College of the Arts (OCA) last June, my daily journal writing has been in a good old fashioned notebook. Today I have felt the need to bring that daily writing to bristol2brighton.com. I can’t really put my finger on why I have this need to record my thoughts in a blog rather than on paper but as the title suggests, it is something to do with the rapidly changing world we are living in and perhaps with a small readership, my thoughts may be shared with others. The posts … Continue reading A New Way Of Life – Day 1

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The Man Who Didn’t Want To Be Ron

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Ron is a man who wants to escape. He needs to free himself from the Monday to Friday monotony, the month by month meltdown. Ron wants to slay the seasonal expectations of the beige brigade. He no longer wishes to mow and dig in the summer, rake and burn in the autumn, DIY to death in the winter and spring into action in the………well – in the spring. No! With a slam of the fist on his kitchen table he wants to be rid of this yearly fail-safe formula. He wants to surf and cycle in the summer, abseil in … Continue reading The Man Who Didn’t Want To Be Ron

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Forever Silver

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Janie hears the footsteps steadily approaching. But turning around was not an option, so determined was she to leave the past where it belonged – behind her. Her vow? To never again look over her shoulder – to only look ahead, only move forward towards the light – the light that now tugs at her heart strings and tries to draw her forward. A pattern of dappled sunlight spread across the straight, unwavering path. The woman stood perfectly still, determined not to wipe the tears that trickled as slowly as a dying river down her silken cheeks. The only sounds … Continue reading Forever Silver

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Which theme?

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This theme, that theme, which theme? I don’t know, I just want this place to look neat and tidy and enticing. I want it to be a pleasure to look at and that is not currently the case. I want it to look professional and colourful with lovely images to compliment the writing. But I guess I have to give myself time and as I am a fair way from completing a first draft in my fiction writing let alone having a book published, I needn’t be too worried at this stage about the look of this place – I … Continue reading Which theme?

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An introduction of sorts

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I am hoping that this blog will form part of my writing life from this point onwards. I am hoping to cover as much about my writing life as I can or that I think others may find interesting. That is if others decide to join me on this wordy journey – the ups and downs and many of the bits in between. Of course this blog may not be read by others – if that is the case no matter – I will use this format as a way for me to look back, consider and record the events … Continue reading An introduction of sorts