Sci-Fi Magnetic Poetry Kit I love my magnetic poetry kit. The kids do too, but I don’t let them play with it without supervision anymore because I got sick of finding little word tabs around the house or down the back of the lounge! Matter of fact, we’ve had drinks with friends and pulled it…
This poem (my attempt at a villanelle) is a re-post. I wrote it eighteen months ago for someone. I can’t write new words for fear of being nonsensical. My life has been touched by suicide. Just let me say this – if you’re in trouble, please reach out for help. Please. Restitution Don’t open another bottle…
To explain: The Year of Creative Engagement (#yoce) is an attempt to document my creative journey in 2014. By putting greater stock in accountability and output, while also showing what new work I’m reading or listening to, I hope to have a richer, engaged experience. “What’s this movie?” Riley asked, sitting down next to me as the…
The first time I recall the music/productivity connection being mentioned, specifically as a tool to assist in studying, was back when I was in high school. I can still picture the stack of Enya and movie soundtrack CDs sitting beside my portable CD player. Funny thing is, I still have those CDs and I still…
(Apart from reading a similar tower of books like this, which looks awfully tempting.) Those of you familiar with my running past will know that apart from not being very fast – albeit persistent – I also suffered the misfortune of a sacroiliac joint strain late last year. It was a nagging, painful injury and…
Did You Know About The Incredibly Moving Tribute In Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire? I didn’t, and it is wonderful. Still in Harry Potter world, 29 Times Tumblr Made Harry Potter Fans Cry All Over Again. THIS one made me feel my feels. If you’re a sucker for literary tattoos…
Coriolanus is not my favourite Shakespeare play, so I watched mostly because was I curious to see what Ralph Fiennes made of it. He first starred in the title role on stage, and went on to direct the film. It’s an excellent production – you can tell they’ve done it pretty shoe-string, but he’s assembled some terrific talent,…
There are writers who get Twitter, and by extension social media in general, and then there are others… who don’t. I admit Twitter is a vastly different place than it was one or two years ago, but that doesn’t mean it’s worse either. People also seem to forget that they are in control of their own…
To explain: The Year of Creative Engagement (#yoce) will be my attempt to document my creative journey, put greater stock in accountability and output, while also showing what new work I’m reading or listening to. I bent to the will of the children and took them along to The Lego Movie the other day. Although…
