The Frustrated Photographer
I have a love–hate relationship with photography. Ever since I was a kid, my recollection of events and places is tied to particular images either mum or I captured. My […]
Category Archives: Spirituality for the Rest of Us
“Me again”
One of the most celebrated stories of ancient times is the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. An inspiration to numerous later works – from The Phantom of the Opera to Pinocchio, […]
A New Story
I recently got to be the keynote speaker for Saints and Scholars on the importance of literature for the church. As part of that, I found myself contemplating the story […]
Don’t Do Stupid Stuff
Some time ago, back when Barack Obama was still president, I read that one of the phrases that guided the workings of his White House was “don’t do stupid stuff”. […]
Empathy
In a Hundred Days Between Sky and Sea, Amyr Kink narrates his grand voyage across the South Atlantic. He rowed from Africa to the Brazilian coast on a small boat, without […]
Small Wonder
It’s probably not the best idea for politicians to slack off and smell the roses in the run up to a general election, but smelling the roses is what more […]
Screenwriting and the struggles of life
In the past year one of my greatest joys has been to write a movie screenplay. It had never crossed my mind that I would ever write one. But doing […]
No Muse, No Music
I come from a musical family. My grandmother was a concert pianist, my mother plays piano by ear, my sisters are professional standard musicians. One of my brothers plays guitar, […]
Snowflakes
Some time ago, a little-known Russian photographer, Alexey Kljatov, quietly posted on his blog and Flickr some highly magnified photographs of snowflakes. They have since gone viral. While people have […]
Nunc Dimittis…
Simeon was born on February 2nd, 2014 and died 40 minutes later. My friends were very excited for his birth—they had both lost a parent earlier in the year and […]
Wondering Fair 