Rest Day
Lounging in a deep, recessed, window-seat on a pile of cushions. A soft, woollen blanket. A huge mug of steaming hot tea condensing on the window. Rain patters down outside, like the sorrowful mountain is weeping at my absence. That monolithic, granite lump might be conquered tomorrow. Not today. Worn and battered old boots […]
Always an excuse
Getting started with writing. Overcoming those barriers I invent which only serve to make me a grumpy bastard.
Ye’ll have had yer weans?
Stepdad seeks a mate Tam, 38 – Ayrshire, Scotland About Tam: Male, slightly ginger, average looks, creative type. Happily married with two adorable step-children. Income: Just getting by. Hobbies: Hillwalking, crafts, not raping. Seeks: Compassionate, left-leaning, female (with at least one unused component of allotted offspring) for five minutes of perfunctory, consensual, reproductive shenanigans […]
Let’s get it on [the page]
It feels like the start of something. I’m about to start writing. About what I do not know. This new pencil, sharpened for the first time, shall be my tool. Perhaps it will become a weapon with which I will slay my inner demons, vanquish an evil tyrant or topple an empire. Maybe I’ll just […]
This Land
Abound with shades and hues,
kaleidoscopic,
polychromatic.
But a tilt shift,
a definite rift.
Perfect or published?
Can you afford the time that perfection requires? Will you ever be completely satisfied that your thing is 100% perfect and couldn’t possible be any better? If so, you might as well piss off now, because your kidding yourself. We should all strive for perfection. But don’t be a slave to it. You’ll burn yourself […]