What a tragic joke life is

Please see my Substack (and please give me a follow) for the pictures and links. I haven’t written for a while, because I’ve been working on my novel, some of which I will put on here in due course (like a more grown up version of a celeb serialising their memoir in The Daily Mail). […]

Perfectionism – The Dick Turpin of mental health

I was lucky enough to go down to Cornwall for half term. It’s trite, but Gillan Cove really is my spiritual home (here are some pictures). Like Ibiza, another place I have lived and loved. Both places appear in the novel I am writing, unless I split the books in two and write a series, […]

God, Ozempic, Chat GPT – this human needs a handrail

If God had a name what would it be?And would you call it to his face?If you were faced with Him in all His gloryWhat would you ask if you had just one question? I’d ask him why I was born in an age of too much choice, that’s for sure. Why wasn’t I born […]

Will Chat GPT feel my feelings for me?

I have been absent from here for nearly four months. It wasn’t meant to be that long. Actually it was either going to be a monthly contribution from me, or I’d disappear into oblivion. As the Christmas break became less of an excuse, I thought it may be the latter, but I was once taught […]

Frosties and King Lear

Everything is connected, I think. I started this post early this morning and am finishing it before school pickup. I was really doubting what on earth I was saying, but have had a day to reflect, in amongst lots of jobs.  I said last week that I would tell you about The Hills of California […]