Unseasonal roses, canine companions and autumnal cascades! A few personal highlights from November 2023, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Recent Posts
#MJCarty10: My 10th blogaversary!
The MJCarty blog is officially 10 years old! I look back at why I started blogging, why I keep blogging… and reveal the 10 most-read posts of my first decade of bloggage.
Dr Paul Taylor-Pitt: I’ll never be the same because of you
“I love both the reality and the meaning of Madonna.” A special guest post by Dr Paul Taylor-Pitt on how Madonna has inspired him to live “a deliberate, provocative and vivid life” of reinvention and celebration.
MJCarty snapshots October 2023
Squirrels, fungi and close encounters! A few personal highlights from October 2023, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Writing well: What’s a good word?
In which I share some favourite words I’ve found over the years, on ways to help find the perfect words.
After the sun
How do you feel, after the sun has gone? There is beauty everywhere in the arrival of autumn.
MJCarty snapshots September 2023
Dragonflies, unicorns and resurrected sunflowers! A few personal highlights from September 2023, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
Always think about tomorrow
Victory at all costs for today is a dead end. Tomorrow will be here soon enough. Always think about tomorrow.
An entirely benevolent gesture?
When was the last time you encountered an entirely benevolent gesture? Something done from pure motives, with the simple aim of bringing a tiny bit more good into this world?
Stayin’ alive
If you are lucky enough to stay alive long enough, many things will fall apart or fall away. If you are lucky, what you are left with might be what is most important.
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