Steve Jobs Dead iEpitath
Steve Jobs Is Dead. As I woke groggy, my head surrounded by 4 huge feather pillows, my woman arms wrapped tight around me, lips pressed against my skin I reached over to grab my …
Why Am I Alive?
Why am I alive? A mother woke up, climbed out of her bed and then woke her child. Calmly she dressed and cleaned both herself and the child. She was in her early thirties. The child was just two years of age. Both were fit and healthy. As a family, they were all happy. Yet…
Clive James RIP
Clive James 1939 – 2019 I am not a fan of critics. They create and do nothing apart from criticising. They really don’t mean that much to me. Clive James was a very different critic. He was a creator and criticised that that should be criticised in a way I hadn’t seen until I watched…
The Power of Saying Thank You
The Power of Saying Thank You In the coffee shop, I hold open the door for a man and woman. Both walked in past me, through the door and said nothing. In a building close-by I pressed the elevator to arrive. I politely allowed a woman to walk in before me. She said nothing. Someone…
Today I’m Doing Nothing
Some days… I feel like doing nothing. Today is one of those days so I will do nothing or at least it LOOKS like I’m doing nothing. Yet, I believe that doing nothing can give me everything. I also believe doing too much can lose me everything. Let me explain. You might not know this…
The Life Continuum
The Life Continuum Life isn’t like that. Life isn’t what you expect it to be and rarely becomes what you are told it’ll become. I am going to be an old dad or a dad again over the age of fifty. I love the idea. I learnt this. I sometimes learnt this the hard way.…
Life Is Never Lost
Life Is Never Lost December 25th, 2009 I woke up in the tiniest room of the tiniest house I had ever lived in. The house built from handcrafted red clay brick was around 200 plus years old. Many a person had travelled through each room before I had arrived. Before me, I imagined the previous…
Interview with writer
The writer and author, Alan Forrest Smith explains his inspirations and the ideas for writing a new Christmas story, The Little Angel And The Last Christmas. Listen below. 6 minutes to listen.