30th June 2022

6:50am. Wanting to go back to sleep, as if it was a world, as if it was home, as if I belonged there. You wake up, and the complexities of life flood your being. You are now this person with complexities.

Northern Life Magazine

My letter got the star letter in Northern Life Magazine 🙂

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Yesterday we went to Vue, in Leeds, and saw Everything Everywhere All at Once.

The Start of a New Book

I’m so chuffed to say that I’ve started writing a new book…

Fear of Flying? This May Help

My new video on Tales & Meditations is to help those of us who fear flying, or feel anxious when flying, or have white knuckles every time we take off and land.

Two rhyming picture-less picture books

So seen as though I can’t hook a publisher or an agent to publish my two rhyming children’s picture books – at least not yet I haven’t been able to – I decided to narrate them and exhibit them on my YouTube channel.

A Barnacle’s Tale (revisited)

I reread an old post of mine recently: A Barnacle’s Tale, so I thought I’d narrate it.

A Shot of Self-Acceptance – Transcript

Here you’ll find the transcript of the new video on Tales & Meditations called A Shot of Self-Acceptance

49 Affirmations for the Grieving

Here is the list of affirmations used in the video, Affirmations for the Grieving, on Tales & Meditations. With thanks to Paul Denniston at Grief Yoga for allowing me to use his affirmations alongside my own.

New Video: Affirmations for the Grieving

I know firsthand how hard it is to lose someone (or pet). The world can feel like a very lonely place, dark, dreary, unsafe. Grief can trick us into perceiving life as meaningless.