Faith is a surprising thing - you can find it in the smallest corner, the largest hall, across the world and in your own backyard. You see so often now, faith isn't just about religion. Uniting in something that doesn't break a people apart. The faith born of pride, strength, nationhood, being part of something bigger. Faith [...]
Category: creative writing
A Match day out
There are times when hanging out with friends, sharing a mutual pastime, brings about the funniest conversations. None more so than my love of watching rugby with my friends. It's always a day out, a few drinks, some lunch then settle in the pub for the rest of the afternoon. The atmosphere across the streets [...]
Legendary stories, rugby style
I may have brandished my soap box on the last post but the reason why is here. I came to love rugby, not just as a sport, but as something meaningful whilst climbing mountains, asking endless questions of my dad in front of the TV, and sitting curled on sidelines watching my grandad whistle commands. [...]
A building unexpected
A grand house inspires dreams. A patch of grass nurtures dreams. One rarely works without the other. Grass roots/local rugby - how else does the small child pick up a rugby ball and run with it? But how else are they inspired without watching legends, role models and mortals in jersey's that one day they [...]
Writing creatively; to learn or not to learn?
As an aspiring writer and avid reader I attend author talks, read the papers, surf the web and I'm always coming across the same old dragging argument and it aggravates me no end. Whether, as you are 'aspiring', you should attend writing classes, or even once you are published whether you should continue to. So my [...]
Stori // Storyteller 