One Creator's Journey
There's nothing quite like a pandemic to focus your attention on the important things in your life. And when I did the exercise of identifying the important things in my creative life (after …
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It's particularly complicated when you've been a self-employed writer for thirty years. I won't even pretend to think consistently about retiring. There are now days when I look at the keyboard - …
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Some weeks I learn a little and some weeks I learn a lot. This was one of the “lot” weeks. In building a dry stone wall, I was reminded that fingers are less durable than stone. (Luckily a …
(With apologies to Douglas Adams) Every nurseryman I know got into the business because they had an affinity for plants; and therein lies one of the great paradoxes of our trade. The best …
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I have just finished renovating my office, and there are a few lessons I believe I should share with you. The first, is that I am a terrible judge of color in a room. This was pointed out quite …
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Nothing concentrates your mind like a possible demise Dear Friends It’s been “interesting” around the world lately hasn’t it? My better half and I were in Florida when the COVID news …
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