Why I still value my blog after 10 years

Contemplating my relevance, personal evolution, and potential future direction for 4 minutes.

What cooking, chaos and confidence can do for your writing

7 min read about how I am good at cooking and me being nice about myself for once. Cosy family vibes.

My senior cat’s daily routine (includes monster poos and dog beds)

5 minutes of descriptive prose of my new cat’s first week with me.

On lack of fulfillment, sleep and snuggles

It’s 4 am and all is not well. I can’t sleep. This past week has been a blur of professional … More

Life, Momentum & Hell

Folks, I feel unstoppable right now. Today I woke up at 9am, cleaned the house, made fancy breakfast for two, … More

Meaty Men, The Gym and Me

Yesterday, I walked into the weight room at my local gym. It’s a small, intimate space with a rack of … More

Anxious Sloth: I bought a Robot Vacuum

As any person who values cleanliness above friendship will tell you – the micro-manager within always emerges.

Brainbending Thinkage: on creativity, joy fizz and holes

I am a blob of brain pickled in jumbled thoughts and unrealised dreams.

Definition: Bumptious

Definition: adj. Crudely presumptuous and self-assertive to the point of being conceited.

Definition: Psithurism

The next time you hear that whoosh and rustle… know that it has a name.

Writer’s Note: Mythology and Magical llamas

We love stories. So when writing a story – not just telling an anecdote or a gratuitous lie – it’s … More

Writer’s Note: On mermaids and the independence of Taiwan

In this instance I have finally begun solid work on my book. A self-contained humorous, but serious, fantasy adventure complete with interesting-haired heroine and intelligent bummer sidekick.

Ducking Disasters: on the demerits of an unprepared mind

Rhetorically speaking, have you ever had a social circumstance sweep you on a wave of obligation whilst in some dark, neglected corner of your mind next to the Solve World Hunger Lever under the Table of Logic and Reason, there is a tiny voice screaming at you to do just the opposite?