Introducing Pens around the World
Introducing Pens Around the World, a website and a writers’ group for isolated writers working in English and living in far-flung places.
Visiting imaginary places in the realms of fantasy
Imaginary places are pretty much the only places one can visit at present and The Dictionary of Imaginary Places is a great place to start.
Taking to heart Douglas Adams’ “note to self”
Douglas Adams, wrote The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, yet had terrible difficulties in writing. He wrote himself this note of encouragement.
A Mediterranean Quintet: Call Me to A Village
A Mediterranean quintet of books, and a few more. A reading diary round-up of the books I completed in the first 8 weeks or so of 2021.
On the north side: photos from a morning walk
I took my new smartphone for a photo walk on the north side of the river: wharves and waste ground, building works and sculptures.
How Do You Read Poetry? A Village Life
Reading A Village Life by Louise Glück, I’m consciously trying to read it in a different way from the way I usually read poetry books.
Behemoth passing – of death and computers
My desktop PC, Behemoth, died on Monday evening at about 5pm. The boot drive had become corrupted. Windows 10 wouldn’t load. The auto repair process was caught in a repeating loop. I was faced with the Black Screen of Death. The panic monsters I’ve been using computers for work and play (and to kill time) … More…
Night of the Kings – storytelling and story creation
In Night of the Kings, a film from Ivory Coast, Roman, a new inmate in the MACA prison must entertain his fellow prisoners by telling a story.
Fat Tuesday, intolerance and how to bake semlor
Fat Tuesday – Mardi Gras, Fettisdag, Shrove Tuesday – lactose intolerance and the corona pandemic combine to get me baking Swedish Fettisbuns
The 44th Gothenburg Film Festival (online) – a report
A report from the 44th Gothenburg Film Festival (online) – how I’ve enjoyed the festival in the past and the pros and cons of it this year.