What it says on the tin!
I read at least ten weblogs regularly, by a wide range of people who are musicians, poets and psychologists. Something is happening in the world at the moment. It seems I am not the only person to lose the plot over the last week or so – virtually all of the weblogs I visit have … Read more
Art therapy – a technical formalisation in language for something that I dabbled with at the start of my career. Back in the 1980s I worked within a team of artists of a wide range of disciplines. I was the poet who mucked about with photography and did the latter very badly (noble ideas without … Read more
Wobbling around in an ungainly manner on the “Trans-Pennine Express” from Leeds to Liverpool on the day before a Bank Holiday weekend. As a result of the timing of this, the train is heaving with people and I feel a little over-dressed in a suit, shirt and tie (I’m working today). I have to say … Read more
I’ve been back from holiday for a week now, and things have been really hectic. I’m just finding time to rise out of the chaos and resume the weblog. The holiday – a week in Languedoc, South France followed by a week on the coast near Begur in Catalonia, Northern Spain. Then, to finish, a … Read more
Welcome to my own weblog, where I will use the space perhaps once or twice a week to explore poetry, music and all things associated. Friday 13th June is a rather inauspicious day to begin posting! Well, it’s always worth challenging the superstitions. Poetry – who? The predictable list: Seamus Heaney Ted Hughes Margaret Atwood … Read more