Ding Dong! The Icesave Witch is Dead

I wrote this post for the Reykjavík Grapevine last Monday, after the Icesave verdict had been passed down but it didn’t make it into print.  An almost palpable ripple of relief passed through Icelandic society at precisely 10.30 am on Monday, January 28, when...

This is what's happening with my new book

In the last while I’ve had a few people ask me what’s going on with my new book – the novel for which I was requesting beta readers a while back. Well, the writing is done, the beta reading is done, the editing is done, I think we’ve nailed a...

Everything is a mirror

Anyone interested in metaphysics or spiritual matters will know this: our outer circumstances mirror our inner circumstances. We attract or are drawn to people and situations that correspond with what we believe to be true, or somehow reflect what we are feeling. This...

Because it is possible to die and still be alive

Within be fed, without be rich no more: So shalt thou feed on death, that feeds on men, And death once dead, there’s no more dying then.                                     William Shakespeare, Sonnet 146 We are so conditioned to think of death as the surrender...

The power of surrender

Recently I was at a gathering where people were discussing Christmas, and the difficult feelings that are often associated with it. It seems like that time of year has the ability to highlight so many hurts in our lives, and it takes a lot of strength not to spiral...