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Inspiring Places: Historyfish.net

“Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.” Or so said D.H. Lawrence. Which gives me some comfort, because I seem to be doing all I can to avoid my writing, this morning. I’ve spent the last couple of hours brewing a Shitake Beef Stew that will be consumed tonight. I’ve

An Anachronism in the Age of Twitter

Everyone has a blog … everyone’s on Twitter … everyone’s feverishly tapping out 140-character wisdoms on their cell phone keypads. The paradigm is shifting towards instantaneous communication: short, sharp one-liners, or one screen at a time. And then there are people like Randy — a no-holds barred, out and out anachronism in this day and

This blog: Keeping the fire alive vs. “Resistance”

In the year that I’ve been struggling with my novel I’ve learned to recognize the time-wasters that capture my interest so readily. I can smell them coming down the hall. So when the idea for this blog “popped into my head,” I detected the subtle metallic odour of the time-waster almost immediately.