Category Archives: Writing




Jewellery and Me

I like to wear jewellery, one thing that really cheered me up during the pandemic was wearing jewellery. This bracelet started out life as a tourist trinket for evil eye averting in Greece: At some point during the pandemic I was wearing a pentacle, a St Christopher and this evil eye bracelet to the extent … Read More



No Meerkats Today

I had promised myself that I would see meerkats today. There is a burst pipe so the meerkats (and other animals) are closed. I am really quite sad about this. I am therefore looking at previous meerkat pictures. Someone suggested that perhaps I was especially sad because I had LARPdrop. I said maybe but I … Read More


Krampusnacht

I really love a lot of the weirder bits of the Wintermark brief, the automata in the storm (troll creations obviously…), the alien ancestors of the Steinr, the dead in the fens. Mostly though I love the Krampus. I love the Krampus in the real world too, but in Wintermark I love a beast who … Read More


The Relationship of The Audience to The Blog

I struggle regularly, but especially when talking about this blog in real life, with explaining why this is on the internet. Why do I have a blog if not to in some way pose for my audience or perceived audience… and that is in some way true or at least I always thought it was. … Read More


Thinking About Therapy

In two weeks I will complete my current run of therapy. It’s been a bit of a trip, working through and processing old trauma right in the middle of new trauma. Trying to remain present when all this is happening around me is really hard and my coping mechanisms have gotten really unhealthy. On the … Read More