Musings on Living, Creating, and Exploring.
Julia, a young Californian girl is approaching her 12th birthday when the world’s rotation begins to slow. With days and nights growing longer and longer this becomes known as The Slowing. I don’t know what I was expecting with The […]
Everyone on The Avenue has a secret, and as the story progresses through their eyes, the pieces of the puzzle slowly start to slot together. Set in summertime Essex suburbia a string of unsolved murders have the police on heightened […]
On an alien world of perpetual darkness and bioluminescent plants, two space-farers remained behind while their companions left in their damaged landing shuttle to seek rescue. Six generations later, a new society — ‘Family’, has grown through a process of […]
Took the scenic route through the Brecon Beacons on the way back from a day out. Couldn’t help but pull over as soon as I saw this scene. The graduated colour in the sky was the epitome of clear winter […]
I work a 10 am-2 pm shift today. I’m on the till closest to the entrance and through the glass I can see the weather changing by the minute — heavy rain, followed by spots of sun, and then more […]
I’m awake ten minutes before my alarm is due to go off. It’s one of the benefits of being gently awoken by a sunrise simulator alarm clock, rather than being jarred out of sleep by an audible alarm. The cold […]
It’s Sunday 10th December, the first of my two consecutive days off from the day job. I lie reading in my bedroom, watching snowflakes flutter down onto the front gardens and carefully manicured lawns in my cul-de-sac. It’s a snow […]
A change in my work shifts means I now start at 4 pm most days giving me the freedom to get out and enjoy the autumn for a few hours before work. It’s 8am on a misty November morning. In […]
As one of the easiest accessed waterfalls in waterfall country Sgwd Gwladys (Lady Falls) is an extremely popular waterfall causing the road near the Angel Inn to fill with cars in the summer season. I’ve visited Sgwd Gwladys several times […]
I took a walk up to Llyn Y Fan Fach in the Brecon Beacons. Walked up from the lake, up to the ridge (Bannau Sir Gaer) and along to the peak of Picws Du. The high ground was still covered […]