Michael Carty

Jan 24, 2026Jan 22, 2026Michael Carty

The gift of (personal) disaster?

Moments of crisis, of personal disaster, can sometimes prove to be the impetus for necessary, positive and transformational change in your life.

Jan 17, 2026Jan 13, 2026Michael Carty

Time to open and change?

If each of us has a limitless capacity to do good, why not use it?

Jan 10, 2026Jan 3, 2026Michael Carty

Not drinking

Gentle reader: A question for you, and just you. What is your relationship with alcohol?

Jan 3, 2026Dec 31, 2025Michael Carty

New page

Welcome to 2026. May this brand-new year in your life and in all our lives prove to be the very best yet.

Dec 27, 2025Dec 26, 2025Michael Carty

MJCarty snapshots December 2025

A few personal highlights from December 2025, captured in tiny wee snapshots.

Dec 20, 2025Dec 16, 2025Michael Carty

MJCarty.com: Top 5 posts of 2025

The five most-read posts of 2025 on MJCarty.com. My heartfelt gratitude to you if you have taken the time to read any words on this wee blog of mine.

Dec 13, 2025Dec 3, 2025Michael Carty

Welcome to the roaring twenties. What lies around the corner for you? You can only know what you are going through now, and what you have struggled through before. You can never know what you are about to become.

Dec 6, 2025Dec 4, 2025Michael Carty

Nirvana live in London 1989 (#GigTicketMemories)

Nirvana live at the London Astoria Lame Fest, Sunday 3 December 1989: Gig ticket-inspired memories from my first ever grunge gig… plus my surprise discovery 36 years later that there exists a photograph with both Kurt Cobain and me in the same frame.