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10 Oct 2025
Regrettably, my new book 'Boiled Branches, Green Wood - A Book of Trespassers' is not as good as 'Shadow Ticket' but it is interesting, and it covers a lot of ground, and it is available now through Amazon, in paperback or on the kindle.
amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FQPRJ5NY
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Jun 11
A themed YouTube playlist I made, titled The Embers of a Campfire - a playlist from midsummer. I would have put it on Spotify, but they don’t have Circle of Ash by Candidate, which I regard as integral.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Jun 11
I like this time of year. The newly-fledged birds form flocks comprised of their own siblings. I watch a trio of pied woodpeckers sound out the trunk of the crooked tree. There is a very patient robin - often they can be quite demanding when they know you have food; not this one.
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Jun 9
There are backhanded compliments and then there is the Times Literary Supplement's summation of Imagist Poetry: "Even when it is not very good in itself, it seems to promise a form in which very good poetry could be written."
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Jun 3
Regardless of how careful I am when re-potting my nepenthes, afterwards they go into a massive sulk that lasts several months. They are coming back now.
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Jun 2
I harbour an irrational fear that, as I exercise with my kettlebell in the garden, with the dawn chorus building around me, I will be set upon by a lion, which, in the United Kingdom, is unlikely.
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May 30
Solitary wasp, sadly no longer alive. I attempted to catch it when I first saw it, a few days ago in the conservatory, but it eluded me.
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May 30
Revisiting the video for Weekender by Flowered Up, I recall a girl who approached me at 4am in Soho, London, back when I was sleeping rough. Home counties accent, track marks, somewhat the worse for wear. She asked if I had money. I told her I'd spent the night in a churchyard.
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May 28
While attempting to write my way out of a corner I appear to have instead put up shelves, which are crooked. I am thinking of painting a faux mouse hole on the skirting board.
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May 26
I've witnessed a couple of birds learning about windows today. No real harm done. Just hesitant brushes against the glass.
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May 25
Woe to all those who, having failed to best me on the land, have convinced themselves that they will fare better in the water.
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May 25
Amazon print on demand paperback vs Penguin Modern classics paperback youtu.be/oAmA-PQYpaU?si=8zRA… via @YouTube
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May 22
I was at ground zero for GamerGate so I know a purity spiral when I see one. The human reaction to AIs infiltrating literature is going to be worse than the AIs themselves. You can already hear the clamour of pitchforks carried on the ill wind. A prelude cries of: 'Witch!'
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May 21
I have a literal thorn in the sole of my left foot. Where, pray tell, is Androcles to pull it out? I'll tell you where Androcles is: Mired in an allegorical folk tale where he is of no bleeding use to anyone.
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May 20
Sometimes in show like Qunicy or MASH, a scene will open with a character telling the punchline of a joke and it's clear that the screenwriters didn't write the entire joke.
I don't think that should be allowed.
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May 17
Make mine a venti ayahuasca. I need to consult with the lizards again.
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