WriteCon Zurich – Notes from the Field
A few weeks ago I attended my first WriteCon in Zurich - it was a great experience! Here's some thoughts on what I learned, and why I enjoyed it! Now it's time to put into action the lessons learned.
From Managing to Surviving – A personal Essay
Oct 2019 - Many of us have had to deal with narcissists in our lives. While every case is different, there is always one uniting factor - living with the narcissists eliminates the victims agency, their ability to make their
The Inability to Explain – A Poem
The team at Grey Thoughts asked writers to reflect on Art in an Artless World. I felt that for this subject, it would best be done through poetry. And while I am most certainly not a proficient, I am
Basic Training – A Short Story
Aug 2018 - Anyone who lives in a city has had to deal with the madness of pigeons at some point or another in their lives. But what are these bloody things really up to? Read my short story, Basic
Yoga Tips
Image credit: https://chedyer.com/yoga-cartoon-yoga-humour/ For those of you who know me or follow me on social media, you know that for the last few months, I’ve really started to get into yoga, and more specifically hot yoga. I do love working out
Weight loss adventures – time to start something new
Week 1 - January 18 - 24 2019 (Note: to refer to the introduction to this posting, please scroll down. It's just below this week 1 update) Photo Credit Devine Designs So I really didn’t choose the right day as my first day
The Winter Crown (Eleanor of Aquitaine #2) – Elizabeth Chadwick
This second book in the Eleanor of Aquitaine series is just as interesting as the first, and just as well written and sourced. In this book we are now onto Eleanor's second marriage, now to King Henry of England (Henry
The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) – Elizabeth Chadwick
I picked up this book completely by accident. In fact, I had picked up the third in the series, thinking it was the first. Only when I flipped into the book to look at the front cover I realised it
The Burning Chambers – Kate Mosse
This latest book by Kate Mosse is the start of a series of books about a feud between two families that takes place in the Languedoc in France, in the midst of the Wars of Religion in the 16th century.
An Open Letter to Humanity
Dear Humanity, Well, this is a serious fuck up, isn’t it ? An honest to goodness, first level cock up. The last time you guys fucked up this badly, we sent you a plague. Before that, there was a fucking flood. And