I’m writing today’s blog post from my back garden in blazing sunshine. I keep thinking longingly of my hammock but I don’t think I’ll be getting it out of the shed. The problem with a hammock is that it’s impossible…
Sunday Poem – Chrissie Gittins
Going out for a run – procrastination. Playing on addictive computer game involving hatching dragons from eggs in a completely pointless exercise – procrastination. Ringing my mum for a chat – procrastination. Ringing my twin sister for a chat –…
Sunday Poem: Naomi Jaffa
Sunday Poem by Naomi Jaffa
Garsdale Retreat – 5th-10th March 2018
The next residential I’m running is at the Garsdale Retreat, from the 5th-10th March 2018. The theme of the course is Encounters and Collisions and how to use these in our own writing. We’ll be looking at encounters with animals,…
January Poem 2 – Robert Wrigley
This has been a week full of terriers – literally. I’ve had my sister’s three terriers, Sox, Buffy and Eddie to stay. Added to my two Border Terriers Miles and Lola that makes five excitable dogs in the house. At…
PhD Musings and January Poem 1 – Christina Thatcher
First week of 2018 and I’ve been trying to get back into my routine which has been a bit doomed to failure because of visitors and a left over addiction to a computer game that I started playing over Christmas.…
Sunday Poem – Matthew Stewart
I’ve had a busy week this week and spent much of it feeling a bit rough with a horrible cold that I only shook off on Wednesday night. On Monday I met my supervisor for a discussion about the poems…
Sunday Poem – Kate Fox
It has been a strange week for me – the #metoo hashtag on social media has made me sad and angry and hopeful in an exhausting cycle.. Amongst all of this, I’ve had to get on with doing…
Sunday Poem – Rachael Clyne
Today I’ve been to Blackpool to run a 10k race, my first race since Coniston 14 in March when I picked up an IT band injury, and my first 10k since October 2016 when I ran the Lancaster 10k, got…
Sunday Poem – Claudine Toutongi
Sunday Poem today from the wonderful Claudine Toutoungi
