cats
I don't really have regrets in life. I'm not giving myself some bollocks motivational pep talk here, or coercing myself to view it that way; I just find it hard to have a regret, because I find it hard to view most events in my life
countryside
Lynx the deodorant comes in many scents None of them particularly pleasant Each a sort of olfactory equivalent Of the concept of banter One scent that Lynx the deodorant does not come in Is Woodsmoke Woodsmoke is too good for Lynx You cannot bottle Woodsmoke And you most definitely cannot
architecture
There are seventeen thoughts about moving house here. I wanted to make it twenty one but I didn’t want what you’re reading to be too long, even though I do in fact have at least twenty one thoughts about moving house. Twenty one is the number of houses
books
I've not really been writing about cats for the last couple of years, what with being so busy on 21st Century Yokel and Help The Witch and the early stages of the two books that will come after that, but inevitably cats will sneak into my writing in
countryside
The lunar eclipse had happened and people in town were saying it had been doing weird stuff to everyone’s sleep, infiltrating dreams in troubling, vivid ways, but I’m always just a bit out of step with town. I dress differently, like different music and talk differently to most
1970s
“All I’m saying is that if I ever start referring to these as the best years of my life, remind me to kill myself,” says Randy ‘Pink’ Floyd, towards the end of Dazed And Confused, the joyfully plotless 1993 film directed by Richard Linklater. It could be argued that
Writing
Ralph and I have not done a newsletter on this site before but we have a few new things going on so thought now would be as good a time as any to tell you about them... As mentioned in this post here, I've had a few problems
books
24th March, 2018 Sometimes you have to move away from a place to truly realise that it’s Home. After a winter of researching and writing dark fictional tales in The Peak District, I’ve been back in Devon for a couple of weeks and, despite what for the South
cats
Sea HouseThe house leaned out over a corner of the sea almost as if the cliffs were a church wall and the house was a gargoyle stuck to the wall. When we reached our room the first thing I noticed was a portrait of the devil hanging opposite the beds.
countryside
We’re standing in Graham’s front garden when he points out what the really mysterious thing is about snowdrops. The fog has lifted, but only slightly, and it feels like this brief fog raising of an hour or so is a harsh Peak District winter’s equivalent of what
Writing
I started this website a little over two years ago as a different approach to getting my work out into the public domain, having decided to give up journalism and concentrate more on what I love to write, putting it all either in my books or on here. It'
1600s
All my life I have been prone, in a mild way, to headstrong, impulsive behaviour. I stand by this strand of my personality, since it has often worked out pretty well for me, and also because I’m a big fan of mistakes and view a life without them as