New Book Project Announced!

This is a big day, people. Big for me, at least. I’ve been thinking of this project (cooking it up, deliberating the pros and cons, anticipating feedback – good and negative) for almost a year now. Submissions will be open up until 31st December, so there will be a far bit of time for me…

A second week of school holidays and the unparalleled joys of time and freedom.

Yeah. I wish. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying not having to rush around to get the kids off to preschool every other day and then getting back down there for pickups. And, actually, I like how mysteriously – and someone might have to explain to me why – there is next to no traffic…

Sunday Beauty: ‘Gossamer’

I’m writing a poem at the moment that has the word ‘gossamer’ in it. I wondered what Flickr had to offer for someone doing a Creative Commons search for it. Here are some examples below. The links back to their sources should be embedded within the images (tell me if they aren’t working):