Still Breathing - April 2022

This month on Substack

Apr 29, 2022

Photo of Fraser Duncan to illustrate post — Photo from author

I came quite late to Substack, so there is not much to mention this month, but April’s Spotify list is included too - see below.

Here are this month’s posts (oldest first)……

Still Breathing

First, we condemn all lies; and then we condemn all truth, given the lies we are asked to live. Ask no questions and you will get not much of anything you can rely-on. Ask all questions and you will get more of the same. Thank goodness for writing, where you can play by your own rules. Just don’t make it public or t…

a year ago · Fraser Duncan

Still Breathing

Arriving here has been a bit of a journey via Wordpress for many years, and then Medium for several months. Each continue to have their own merits but, at least for now, this is my new home for writing. Eventually, I will bring in some of the old, but hope to concentrate on more of the new for the time bein…

a year ago · Fraser Duncan

Still Breathing

My Thoughts on Rewriting

Introduction When I was last at writing group on 8 April, the mission we had, should we choose to accept it, was to write a view from a character in a myth or a well-known story or film that was different or an extension of the original. Formulation…

a year ago · Fraser Duncan

Still Breathing

For Those Who Would Have Me Explain Myself…

If it is the everyday thoughts, feelings and actions of everyday people that describes our story, then it is my contention that each and every one of us can take part in that process, regardless of the judgements of others – too much of thi…

a year ago · Fraser Duncan

Still Breathing

Accidental Verse

I was trying to write a different poem, but this is what came out instead...... O how I love the faeries on my lawn. They dance for me in my dreams whilst weaving their gossamer thread. I ask them for wishes, but they tell me I have riches enough. Yet, still they dance…

a year ago · Fraser Duncan

And here is this month’s Spotify playlist……

Fraser
April 2022

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