Dime Store Adventures

 

I have very much been enjoying this YouTuber recently. He finds old guidebooks and follows them to see if the sights to be seen are still there. He throws in other interesting things like this review of history's weirdest titles. 

The Crone of Winter

A little Solstice poem about how winter came to be. Posting this from the Land of Eternal Equinox (the equator) where days and nights are always the same length.

Kigali Catch-up

 

Doing a mammoth catch-up on the past two months in Rwanda. Sharing snippets of life from Guy Fawkes Night, to concert tuning a piano, to the cake we couldn't cut. Plus some ideas of things to do and places to go. 

Rwanda Road Trip 2024

Hi guys. Just heading on a little road trip to try to find a waterfall in eastern Rwanda. Rusumo Falls, right on the border wiht Tanzania. I've skipped over the prep video where I talk about which helmet I'm wearing and what I'm taking with me, but you can check that out here. I'll update this post as each video is released, so check back.

Proofing Sargon and Georgie Re-release

Just received proof copies of Sargon and Georgie. Georgie was the third novel I ever wrote and I'm planning to re-release it, possibly with an audiobook. Sargon is my latest novel, set in ancient Mesopotamia, charting the rise of the Akkadian Empire. Fun times ahead.

Musical Interlude: Chappell Roan

I absolutely get the hype here. This lady is a born performance artist with a really impressive voice. Every one of her songs is a total earworm. Every now and then I'm getting slight Kate Bush vibes, but that might just be a me thing? Really looking forward to more of this. Her live performances on American late night have been pretty show-stopping. 

Romantic poets didn't tend to have long careers. Keats died in 1821, Shelley the year after in 1822, and Byron two years after that in 1824. They were aged 25, 29 and 36 respectively. Yikes!

Also exploring the poetry of James Hogg, with a lovely reading by Alan McClure in the original Scots. 

Check out his YouTube channel Tales Fae the Shed, and his children's book Callum and the Mountain.

Huge thanks also to my friend Jan for her help translating to English.