Thoughts and words

Happiness - myth or reality

Glancing through my blog, I get the impression that two themes stand out, these are: the pursuit of happiness and the influence that memory can have on our writing. For example, a previous blog on happiness can be found at https://www.thoughtsandwords.eu/blog/2018/12/chasing-happiness.html This piece picks up on the theme of happiness... Read more →

Inspiration from differences

Which is the more effective story-telling, the first or the second examples below? Here is the first example. Men and women tend to have a different focus on life. Here is the second example. The phone rings. It is my wife. She has arrived safely in the US. Now I... Read more →

Inspiration from the books of others

A number of well-known books deal with the passage of time. As an ageing man, I feel able to fully engage and empathise with this theme. Nor, of course, and judging by the number of well-known books on the topic, am I alone here. Swanns Way by Proust, Labyrinths by... Read more →