Slumgullion
— A stew of whatever you have
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Five shorts
Due to my disease, I may not have much of a road ahead, so I’ve been wondering what I’d like to leave behind – I mean pass on. It might surprise that this vein of thought is a deep delight….
Read MoreOne writer’s rules
Hello from the Slumgullion blog. It’s been a while. This short post is for any writers. It offers some brief thoughts on writing as craft, as far as I feel I’m coming to understand it.
Read MoreQuick scribble: Vaccines
A sticker slapped onto a sign in the park: ‘Anti-vaxxer: See also, critical thinker’ But someone’s scrubbed that out, now it says, ‘…see also, idiot’. Several friends have told me, mostly in whispers, that they’re not taking the vaccine –…
Read MoreMeeting the Green Man
Reading time: 13 min. The Green Man, by Gail E Haley, is the first book that changed my life. I found it in my brother’s room. I was nine. The cover drew me in: a man clad in leaves striding…
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