Stars

I stand in the garden at night, taste the freshness of the air, look up into the darkness. My husband tells me there are stars spread across the endless Irish sky, untainted by the violence of city pollution, but I...

Sing

This morning, I was dusting in the sitting room, listening to Prince, Duran Duran, Fleetwood Mac and The Charlie Daniels Band (as you do when cleaning), and it was as if I stepped into an invisible patch of gloom. My mind...

It’s A Wrap

So, it's a wrap, not just for 2023, but also for the very first season of A Thousand Shades of Green. It has been such an incredible honour this first season, sharing the stellar writing of our 7 featured writers; Samantha...

From December to February

It is with sadness that I wake each morning, an overwhelming malaise, an absence of will, a silence of motion. I don't even have the energy to find anger. It isn't that I am unable to feel happiness during this...

Suzanne Craig-Whytock on A Thousand Shades of Green

It isn't a secret to anyone who knows me that I adore Suzanne Craig-Whytock. I discovered Suzanne's incredible writing through her blog, My Dang Blog, and immediately fell in love with everything she writes. Her blog, her novels, her stories...

mortality is

an itch on the tip of a thumb, a creeping on the skin, an ache in the corner of your eye, a bruise on the roof of your mouth, bitterness on the back of your tongue, a spark in the...

Out to Sea

In a daydream, being swept out to sea is a soft fingered caress, a rocking off to sleep, an easing into the arms of serenity. In nightmares, the sea is a creature with teeth, a rumble and roar in the...

Episode 1 Has Arrived

Episode 1 of A Thousand Shades of Green is now live!!!! I am super excited to share the poetry of Samantha Terrell! There is a lot of great writing coming up in this first season and I hope you tune...

A Thousand Shades of Green

I am thrilled to announce my upcoming podcast, A Thousand Shades of Green. The first episode will air on 11, November. More information to follow in the next couple of weeks. *All artwork is by Jane Cornwell.