Word of the day

epigone \EP-uh-gohn\, noun: An inferior imitator, especially of some distinguished writer, artist, musician, or philosopher.

Quotes of the day

'I return to problems I can't solve, not because I'm an idiot, but because the real problems can't be solved. The universe is expanding. The more we see, the more we discover there is to see.

Always a new beginning, a different end.'


'There are two facts that all children need to disprove sooner or later; mother and father. If you go on believing in the fiction of your own parents, it is difficult to construct any narrative of your own.'


Jeanette Winterson

off the shelf

Mercy Among the Children - David Adams Richards

The story of a boy whose father chooses to stubbornly walk a merciful path, despite many obstacles in his way.

'...the sky was like building blocks of eternity...'


The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood

An age old story told in a new way - and from the point of view of the girl.

'...the gods often mumble...'


We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lionel Shriver

Does a mother always love a child? what happens when she doesnt? can a child be unlovable?

'...everything in their house was buffed to a high, flat shine, so much reflection to protect the fact that there was nothing underneath...'

Short and sweet

fireflies -
remembering things
I've only imagined

Kenneth Payne


standing up
for a closer look
at the stars

Maurice Tasnier

Some Words

lambent - 1. Playing lightly on or over a surface, flickering 2. Softly bright or radiant; luminous 3. Light and brilliant.

logorrhea - Excessive talkativeness or wordiness.

querulous - 1. Apt to find fault; habitually complaining 2. Expressing complaint; fretful; whining.

Poem for today

The One

After all these years
he turns up
in his new blazer
with the grey piping,
smiling just a little
anxiously, my baby
brother they expected me
to look after. Peter,
wait he calls out.
And shaking, shaken,
I round on him:
I haven't gone.
You're the one
who got drowned
and turned me
into their only child.

Michael Laskey