It cannot be said that Tolstoy understood women, yet his famous introduction to Anna Karenina can just as well be applied to women as families: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Are women not the head of the household? This is a complicated statement, but even in... Continue Reading →
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Ludgate Hill
A poem about commuting.
Jump A Little Lighter: Chapter 2
An American Story.
Kirkcaldy Testing Works
A poem inspired by a building near my former workplace.
Uncover Forgotten Gems in Classic Literature – For FREE!
A friendly guide to the depths of Project Gutenberg.
Tarot Meets Taylor Swift: Discover the Taylor Arcana
How I made the Taylor Swift tarot deck
Protected: Why aren’t people leaving America?
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Fan Letters: Lana del Rey
A history of my following of Lana del Rey.
When Visual Art Turns To Words
At a recent(ish)* visit to the Tate Modern, I was captivated by art with words. An image of Venice with paragraphs of text, a flashing light installation which ran ribbons of words to make pithy phrases - it's surprising in a gallery with such emphasis on form and impact to see words, associated with other... Continue Reading →
Jump A Little Lighter: Chapter 1
An American Story.
