by AuthorSue | May 5, 2020 | Uncategorised
We all know the old saying about turning lemons into lemonade. Well, the present global situation is making it difficult for even the most ardent of optimists to accomplish that bit of alchemy. But difficult or not, there is a corner of the human spirit that strives...
by AuthorSue | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorised
Last week, on April 25th, we marked the 30th birthday of the Hubble telescope. Thirty years ago, the Hubble telescope began its mission to observe, photograph and document the universe- what it is, how long it has existed, what it can show us about ourselves. The BBC...
by AuthorSue | Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorised
For me, one of the best parts of being a writer and part of a community of writers, is that I am able both to know the work of other writers and the writers themselves. Noel Duffy is an important Irish poet whose work I have followed for years. He is also a lovely...
by AuthorSue | Apr 14, 2020 | Uncategorised
It’s easy to think that all this isolation will breed all sorts of writing. The sparks of creativity might be there, but do you have the energy, both physically and mentally, to actually act on those sparks? I know that I have only been able to focus on writing...
by AuthorSue | Apr 7, 2020 | Uncategorised
Last week, I wrote about living without assumptions here. Over the past few days I’ve been thinking about how a lack of assumptions can actually lead to creativity. There is that old saying, necessity is the mother of invention. But perhaps we can replace...
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