iaindryden12 days ago4 minPoo-Tin = PutinHer smile helped me escape their onslaught. Sinking in to her presence was akin to bathing in soft golden light - such a delight after...
iaindryden1May 62 minfeminismShe overtook us as we walked past the olde world shops, just where they give way to the lush green graveyard surrounding the thousand...
iaindryden1May 13 minAir milesI got a subtle telling off this morning in that delightful English manner. There was a tap on the door and it being before 9am on a...
iaindryden1Apr 243 minQuasimodo“Morning Quasimodo!” Camilla laughed as I hobbled into the bedroom bearing a giant mug of tea for her. Sometimes as I mount two flights...
iaindryden1Apr 173 minwhat luck!My wife is 33 today, that I’m 73 makes me a child stealer. Indeed, in the brief time when I once taught ‘A’ Level students, she could...
iaindryden1Apr 103 minthe air of freedomI left the gallery charged after perhaps the sixth or seventh real conversation I have had, face to face with anyone but Camilla or her...
iaindryden1Apr 52 minDear President BidenDear President Biden, Whilst we know you do not intend to obliterate the world, your condemnation of Putin has provoked a powerful yet...
iaindryden1Apr 33 minPutin vs UnicronsShe stepped towards our dark blue car and peered at her reflection, so I said, “Ha, a pink unicorn, can I stroke it?” And she leaned...
iaindryden1Mar 214 minSunday snippetsI met my inner Putin as I crossed the empty road by our ancient market square and had to speed up as a car shot downhill towards me. I...
iaindryden1Mar 133 minone Friday morningWritten on Friday. 8.42 am. Whoopie! I am between projects and it feels strange to have nothing to sit down to first thing in the...
iaindryden1Mar 62 minFor UkraineLooking out over the ambulances lined up below, I shiver. Surrounded by the sick, in the hands of caring staff, I still shivered even...
iaindryden1Feb 263 minthe pebble speaksAs the sun’s warmth soothes my skin here upon a beach in East Devon, it feels impossible that people are suffering, that individuals as...
iaindryden1Feb 153 minLife's a giftAs a young man, I assumed old age would provide gentle wisdom and tolerable health, imaginative projects and a warm community. How much...
iaindryden1Feb 13 minDoes 'Life suck'? Half full, quite empty? That is the question. I met a person who was devastated that they had lost their job due to catching Covid, but...
iaindryden1Jan 253 minwhite n blackSomebody reacted with anger when I said that I am black inside, white outside. The person was white and said I was living in a dreamworld...
iaindryden1Jan 143 minCatching lifeWe had to get out, poor Camilla needed a lift and hearing that the sun was out by the sea, after months of a low grey sky, we sped away....
iaindryden1Jan 12 minThe new buzz word!Seeking a New Year’s resolution which will have a profound impact on your life? Try Capacity. It is the buzz word for 2022. Not heard...
iaindryden1Dec 25, 20211 mina 25th to die for25th Dec Imagine this on Christmas Day. You have invited friends to eat lunch today and last night, their mother arrived on their...
iaindryden1Dec 23, 20212 minA fest we all needThis morning in our small market town, Camilla returned laden with produce. “They were lining up outside the butchers, in the fruit&veg I...
iaindryden1Dec 4, 20214 minan amazing exerciseThe wind whipping up my dressing gown was chilly, the Black-down Hills were blacked out, the two hills rising from this small market town...