No niches: just life as I find it. Beautiful, infuriating, wondrous and everything in between. And Poetry because that's all of the above.
Ageing creative butterfly. Life's too exciting to fit into one box. Grateful for waking up in the morning, whatever the weather.
(Almost) daily reflections from novelist and essayist J.F. Riordan, author of the North of the Tension Line series, and of two books of essays on life, "Reflections on a Life in Exile" and "But Still They Sing". Frequent gratuitous dog photos.
Former engineer turned independent writer. Lover of Nature, animal lover and, of late, an inveterate aviphile, or bird lover. Arya the Cockatiel, my avian dinosaur companion, keeps me grounded.
In which I (biologist and one-time morris dancing concertina player) consider the wildlife and plants we live near, yet often overlook. Also, some considered thoughts on the environment, conservation and wildlife gardening.