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She knows when he is nearby. She doesnโ€™t have to hear him or see him. There is that fresh fragrance with a hint of deep, strong wooden undertones. It is crisp and clean. The smell of sweet pine on a Spring day. And underneath that reoccurring yet not permanent essence is another homely aroma. So… Continue reading Home

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John Hewitt International Summer School 2025

The suitcases are unpacked, the new books neatly stacked on my shelf, and my mind has just started to settle and slow a little from the racing of new thoughts and ideas. First and foremost, for anyone considering attending the The John Hewitt Society International Summer School next year, either as a bursary student or… Continue reading John Hewitt International Summer School 2025

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Little Bird

Day 4 of the John Hewitt International Summer School finished. What an amazing, inspiring and creative weekโ€ฆ thought I would put together a little story of my journey so far โ€ฆ Little Bird The slight lip of the sun peaked from just beyond the horizon. Pearls of dew glistening on top of tranquil green leaves.… Continue reading Little Bird

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John Hewitt Summer School – Day 2

๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™š๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™™๐™ฃโ€™๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ ๐™š, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™›๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š. ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ ๐Ÿ’ซ This quote, often attributed to Lewis Carroll although I donโ€™t believe… Continue reading John Hewitt Summer School – Day 2

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Almost time…

โ€œ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™š, ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ง๐™จ๐™ช๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข.โ€ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ The suitcase is almost packedโ€ฆ not sure if I have enough notebooks though? ๐Ÿ˜‰  The countdown is officially on. Two more sleeps until I am off for 5 nights and 5 full days of thought-provoking writing, creative workshops and… Continue reading Almost time…