Now there's a controversial thought. Read on to find out why I said it... ...

Watch any of these outdoorsy types lighting a fire with half a dozen wood shavings, a twig and a two dry leaves and you’re getting a glimpse into the creative process. ...

Never has a word been so devalued as poor old 'local'. It was clinging on by its fingernails when I started writing professionally in the Seventies, but the growth of ways to publish on line today, in whatever form, has driven the nails into its coffin. ...

I thought it was important to write it this blog. The most important thing in our lives sometimes needs to be other people. ...