“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Category archives: Life Questions
National Heritage Open Day in Goldhanger
A tour of Goldhanger today as part of National Heritage Open Day. Our guide was David Newman, who also runs the comprehensive Goldhanger Past website. Although I’ve lived in Goldhanger about 18 years it was still a fascinating tour and I learnt things I didn’t know. Over the years I’ve read bits of the Goldhanger […]
Dreams And Daydreams As Writing Prompts
I’ve been reading the new post on Writing Forward about using dreams and daydreams as prompts for stories. Melissa suggests keeping a journal of dreams and daydreams and using them as a way to inform and inspire your writing.
Secrets And Story
I was listening to the ‘Infinite Monkey Cage‘ on Radio 4 on my home from work this evening. They were discussing code-breaking and the extraordinary achievements of the team working at Bletchley Park during WWII. There were about 10,000 people working there and all were sworn to secrecy, with something like only 6 people in the […]
Premonitions or Dreams?
Last week I had a dream that I met one of my work colleagues carrying a pram with a baby in it. I stopped her and asked where she’d got the baby from and, while were cooing over the baby as if it was the most normal thing in the world, she said, ‘Oh, but […]