I love Twitter. It connects me so easily and readily to like minded souls and organisations. It forges ties which an ill-fitting introvert like me would really struggle to effect alone, not being socially adept. But I can’t deal with it any more and here’s why. It is not the first time my mental health […]
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Trying to Cause Nature Less Harm – 3
I’m afraid I’m really failing in this endeavour and this blogpost is merely to keep me honest about that failure. The weekly shop is the seemingly insurmountable enemy. Perishables come in plastic boxes that take up huge volume in the rubbish (Our bin is not separated, hence am concentrating on reduce and re-use.) My hopes […]
A Semantic Error in my Self-Care Post
A week ago I wrote a blog post about self care in the event of a depressive spell and now I wish to update it in light of a semantic error I realise might actually be inhibiting for folk with depression. The error in Step 4 was when I recommended getting on the bike. Apart from […]
Seven Immediate Self-Care Things to Do During a Depressive Spell
But first read – 0. Depression is a serious, biochemical disorder that needs both a pharmaceutical and therapeutic response. Nothing here can even start to substitute for a GP appointment and anti-depressants are important for stabilising the condition. If you are experiencing suicidal or self-harming thoughts, contact the Samaritans or Pieta House immediately. OK, so […]
Reading at Fiction at the Friary, Cork, Sun 30 April
For all who will be in or around Cork City on the May Bank Holiday weekend, and would like to spice up their break with a bit of literature, craic, pints and jellybeans in jars: I will be the featured reader at the next Fiction at the Friary monthly fiction event on North Mall in […]
Trying to Cause Nature Less Harm – 2
Well quick update as per my last post. I bought the Soda Stream as per advice from Headstuff as part of the War on Plastic. It was like time travelling back to my childhood. It’s handy in that you don’t need to plug it in anywhere and five good presses of the button and you […]
Trying to Cause Nature Less Harm
This has not got much to do with writing or books but has been increasingly on my mind the last few years. It has become evident that the presence of humanity and the maintenance of our throwaway global culture has wreaked disaster on the world we depend on. Every battle to save nature and wildlife, […]
Writers in a Dangerous Time
Originally posted on Story Hospital:
Dear friends, I am committed to giving advice to any writer, anywhere, but today’s post is specifically for those of us in the U.S. and elsewhere who are deeply distressed by the thought of President Trump and deeply anxious about what comes next for the U.S. and the world. It’s…
An Offensive Article
I condemn without reservation the decision by the Irish Times to publish yesterday, in its online edition, an article to which I will not link purporting to be a “glossary of the alt-right”. This article contains the most infantilely racist and offensive terms, articulated with glee. Such language has no place being presented without comment on its […]
