PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Aunt Lucy’s Last Stand’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Aunt Lucy’s Last Stand’: (With apologies to Michael Bond and friends!) Aunt Lucy snapped back the brim of her  favourite black hat, then looked very hard and cross ...

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Who by Sword and Who by Beast’?

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Who by Sword and Who by Beast’?: There are days when even the best wordsmiths are reluctant to write. “Really”, confessed David Horovitz soon after the slaughter at the B...

Alwayswriteagain: The High Priest of Modern Song.

Alwayswriteagain: The High Priest of Modern Song.: Among the forests of words devoted to the life and work of Canadian singer-songwriter, Leonard Cohen is a website that takes a wry...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Still Breaking News’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Still Breaking News’: ‘ Arbeit macht frei ’ November 10 2014 Today I was astounded to receive a letter from Hilde Herrmann. I was thunderstruck as I had neith...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘When Wee Willie Winked’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘When Wee Willie Winked’: ‘ Only connect’ – E M Forster   Wee Willie winked as he  shoved Ann away. What a thrill; such joy: the stabbing, the plunging in the ...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘And the Rains Came’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘And the Rains Came’: There’s so much musical talent in the the Galilee, you may think that it  positively pours from the mountain tops and into the laps of the m...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Strangers and Friends

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Strangers and Friends: I must have first heard Acker ('really ‘ Bernard Stanley ’ ) Bilk ’s Stranger on the Shore when watching the BBC TV children’s series...