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Posted on June 1, 2019July 14, 2020

Living by Your Values

Some days it feel like conservatives simultaneously claim ownership over the idea of “values” and “morals” while criticising “the left” as overly emotional. Equally a lot of alleged progressives have…

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Posted on April 23, 2019

Don’t Kill Your Darlings, Share Them – Storytelling and RP Games

It’s long been debated in writing circles, the idea of being too precious with your writing. Some of the controversial advice given in this regard comes from poet, Allen Ginsburg,…

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Posted on March 6, 2019June 5, 2019

The story with Irish woodlands

It’s relatively well known that before the arrival of humans, aproximately 9000 years ago Ireland was covered in mixed, broadleaf woodland. A huge amount of deforestation happened in the first…

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Posted on March 2, 2019June 5, 2019

Eco-Anxiety

When I was 12, nearly 13, I had a science project due; one of my first of secondary school. I loved forests so I decided to look at the effects…

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Posted on January 31, 2019March 27, 2019

Moving My Own Goal Posts

Tis the season for good intentions, for setting goals and challenging yourself to be better. But I’ve been known to give quite a lot of side-eye to the whole idea…

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Posted on December 31, 2018March 27, 2019

Internalising Writing Advice – Portraits & Dreams

There are lots of things that make the transition between writing sometimes and being a quote-unquote “writer” but at least some of them are psychological. For years you consume “Top…

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Posted on December 27, 2018February 13, 2020

December

When the darkest days come we come together, We may never know why happiness sets us apart but, tragedy stretches out a hand and lips to kiss it better. And…

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Posted on May 12, 2018March 27, 2019

Go Tell it to the Bees

Tell the bees that I have died, They used to say that if the hives weren’t told of a birth or death in the family they would leave the keeper,…

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