I'm delighted to announce that I've passed the WOM batten to Sue, who has now posted the answers to my questions on the Forum. It's well worth reading - have a look!

First, Happy New Year to you all.   Secondly, huge thanks to Paul for nominating me as December WOM. It's an honour, and I apologise profusely for taking so long to post my contribution - explanation in future post, but part of the problem was... Read more

Much as I deplore it, I know image and materialism are driving forces in the Western world, but when the Black Friday sales opened across the US this weekend, it seems bargain hunters took consumer greed to a whole new level - the level of shoo... Read more

You think my new avatar is OTT? Nah. Bob commented on my last post that I was branching out, and I can only assure you that this is what it feels like. It's been a long time between posts, here, mainly because my ‘Add Post' spot wasn't ... Read more

...forced to glitter, forced to be gay... Well not exactly (that\'s a line from the musical Candide, by the way) but I\'m certainly forcing myself to get out there and do something. I\'m on a mission, and my daughter Jane tells me that in order t... Read more

Following David's excellent advice, (thanks, David) I've just uploaded my novel onto authonomy - but not without my computer spitting the dummy several times. I did wonder whether this was the universe saying this is a bad idea - but on the othe... Read more

...here's the thing, people. Last year I wrote a novel, and as I mentioned at the time, had wonderful fun doing it and no intention of trying to get it published. So for the last twelve months it's been sitting around doing nothing.    Ex... Read more

It's officially spring, and I've survived another winter. Not that my survival was in doubt, logically, but when did logic have anything to do with it? By the end of every autumn, the dread of winter has seeped into my bones, my spirit has sunk to my... Read more

Among today's featured stories on the news site that happens to be my homepage was this one: See Lady Gaga pash herself. Very edifying! We've also got Girls, 4, targeted in sexy underwear spread and Granny hacked with sword over video game ban. Prett... Read more

Today I had an opportunity not given to many. I found myself quite genuinely in a position to say the report of my death was greatly exaggerated.   I've been in Sydney, you see, and when I got home, I had a message asking me to call the local ... Read more