Gentle reader: What, for you, is the greatest of all virtues? I am a great believer in serendipity. It seems serendipitous in the extreme that over the past week I have chanced upon not one but two examples of impeccable gents celebrating the virtue of cheerfulness. Mightily heroic “In the face of adversity, cheerful people […]
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Writing well: What’s a good word?
Writing is a joy. Writing well takes application. Writing better is an eternal aspiration. I want to share here three great voices on how to approach writing and the endless choices offered by words. Writing should never be seen as a chore, but as a timeless delight. Written or spoken, the word is perhaps the […]
Twitterversary time: The seven year Twitch?
When’s your Twitterversary? If you tweet, what has your time a-tweeting meant to you? Is it a love thing? And is it possible to tire of the conversation that never sleeps? The seven year itch describes a moment seven years into long-term relationships when cracks start to appear. In terms of my Twitter life, what […]
Of Twitter, tweet-ups and introversion
Twitter, it is my contention, is a perfect communications medium for the card-carrying introvert. But what happens when the Twitter world and the real world cross over? Gentle reader, have you ever had the words taken right out of your mouth? I am a card-carrying introvert. Speaking to other people, the words sometimes don’t come […]
Written with the same letters
What’s the most powerful resource you have at your disposal, right now? I would suggest that it is more than likely the word. Whether written or spoken, tweeted, blogged, texted, shouted, whispered or withheld, words have the potential to change the world around you in an instant. Equally, how you use or misuse the word […]
