Those creative types

Posted by Simon Parke, 9 Dec 2013

A further conversation from the park bench, well-wrapped, sipping hot coffee and eating mince pies.

I wish I was one of those creative types.

We’re all creative people.

Really?

Brilliant explanations

Posted by Simon Parke, 7 Dec 2013

A traditional Christmas may include the following: an outbreak of mince pies; the annual bottle of sherry; a hole in the finances; cards squeezed on narrow mantelpieces and an absence of tenderness and calm.

It will certainly include advocates of truth – those who stand up and explain to us what it all means. But let the advocates be wary; there could be trouble ahead.

Making plans for Christmas

Posted by Simon Parke, 5 Dec 2013

Christmas - so much longing, so much awkwardness.

I sat with a woman recently who spoke wistfully of Christmas, as one who wanted to get back to how it used to be.

But as her story unfolded…