Thoughts and words

Lingering on the edge of change

Soon after lockdown, I heard reports that the water in Venetian canals was suddenly transparent while I, here in Jugenheim, told myself that the air seemed washed clean and the stars were more clearly seen at night. Could all this have been due to a greater harmony between us humans... Read more →

Inspiration through the love never realised....

Look at the pic below. It shows the author and his best mate at the time with a Danish girl they met one summer night while on holiday in Ibiza in 1969. I do remember her name - but I will rename her for the purposes of this blog because,... Read more →

The shadow that lives inside us...

Have you ever noticed that twinge in your gut - that split-second twitch of the shoulder that could drive you to snatch up that knife, that pistol, that iron bar and slice, slash, smash or blast the lights out of someone's existence? What I am asking is this. Have you... Read more →

Are we artists or just a story we tell ourselves?

I tell myself that a love of writing started when I was at Thames Ditton primary school in the late 1950s. I would stay in the classroom at break times in order to write stories. As my education progressed, I seemed to spend many happy hours writing history essays or... Read more →