Writing that comes from the heart is felt from the heart; when I am writing TRUTH without judgement and with flow I can feel goosebumps. It doesn't always happen but when it does it's cool. This also happens more often when writing sober. As Hemingway is reputed to have said "Write sober, edit drunk!"

They say you can’t but you can…and it is easier than you think! And it’s not just when you really want to, although that helps. Please if you have a serious alcohol problem or have ever gone through withdrawals discuss any of this with your doctor as alcohol withdrawal can…

A salutary tale. The run up to Christmas can be stressful, especially for women to whom most of the effort either falls or is chosen by them to make this the most wonderful time of the year. Once upon a time in the distant past I had a shop where…

Lost for words, even?

Why is failure a her? And to lighten the mood: a joke about mistakes: Husband says my therapist told me to embrace my mistakes. I told my wife. She gave me a hug!

I love your style in bucket loads and your writing has a certain admirable panache. Thank you.

Apparently…it is Christmas Tree Saturday, officially. Well, I’ll qualify that by saying the Daily Mail told me so (oh and Tesco): ‘Christmas Tree Saturday has become as anticipated as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and over the last few years we’ve noticed sales starting earlier in the season.’ …

Do you think there are instances where a dangling modifier may work to draw attention to a statement. I find that breaking the rules when creating can be satisfying. No more so than in flower arranging which has rules set in apparent stone but a good arrangement is much more interesting when it breaks the rules. What do you think? I think Shakespeare broke the rules a few times!

Love it! I often ask Chat for medieval style images and it seems to excel, but this is cute!