One Year Blogiversary

It appears I’ve been blogging for a whole year. WordPress tells me that I signed up for an account one year ago … well, actually it was a year on 26th Feb, but I only just checked the notifications! I’m pleased to see that I’ve managed to blog fairly consistently …

Microfiction: First Steps

First Steps I turned my back for a second. That’s all. One second. When I spun around, holding the blanket, Josh wasn’t there. Lips wobbling, I reached my shaking arms towards the cot. Where’d my baby gone? It didn’t make sense. The sides were too high for him to climb …

Hooked on Grey’s Anatomy

I like watching TV from time to time, but I don’t watch a lot of live TV, except for comedy re-runs and quizzes. But I do watch quite a few films and box-sets (which come with my Sky subscription). Since I started writing more seriously, it’s not only affected my …

Etymology: Louche & Orrery

Time to look at the new words I’ve come across recently.   Louche I read a book that described a man as being “louche”. The Google dictionary defines this to mean “disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way”. Louche was derived from Old French and Latin words referring …