This is my blog where I can natter about writing, both my own and that of other writers. I am also a musician, a rank amateur photographer, and I have a thing for spiders. Monday, June 8, 2009. The key to being centred seems to be for me to do each thing with absolute concentration, to garden as though that were essential, then to write in the same way, to meet my friends, perfectly open to what they bring. As long as the cat stays put on his towel and leaves me in peace.

John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent. Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.

Tuesday, March 13, 2018. Katherine Johnson has her own Barbie! The Katherine Johnson doll will be available in May. Mattel is releasing a new collection of dolls featuring inspiring women. To go along with it. And now - a Barbie! Monday, March 12, 2018.

Sunday, December 14, 2014. Thanks for following and I hope to see you all there! Saturday, September 29, 2012. Q and Q Writer Series featuring Urve Tamberg.

Saturday, August 04, 2012. I started writing this blog, natural yogurt, in January 2004. The internet and the way people use computers has changed a lot in those 8 years. The internet and the people using it has moved on a lot in that time. So after 1,086 posts it is now time for Stephen to move on to other platforms within the internet. Freedom of speech has been reduced over the last 8 years with companies turning nasty on their employees. People have been thrown o.

Saturday, February 28, 2015. Their previous track record for good deeds is pretty much a flat line, so anything they do to help others is bound to be an improvement. What if the random acts of kindness are unwanted and misunderstood? That, of course, would be a different story. This story, in fact.