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David Palin




Aug 25, 20242 min read
I sit corrected
As a writer I appreciate how much a good editor is able to improve my work.


Jul 10, 20243 min read
A Happy Medium...
On air on Marlow FM with Mary Flavelle and cartoonist Geoff Motley.


Jun 24, 20243 min read
A bit on the side...
Setting your completed novel aside for a time, can bring a new perspective.

May 27, 20243 min read
THE WIFE BEFORE LAST - TO BEGIN IN THE MIDDLE…
Find out more about my latest work The Wife Before Last.


Mar 10, 20242 min read
Mother’s Day
Yes, for those who notice such things, I know the apostrophe would normally be after the ‘s’, though you could argue that most of us have...


Jan 4, 202416 min read
‘Dreamboat’ or…
The Poem of the Physicist As I stood upon the land So the sea destroyed the shore And a heart of stone was damned To be sand forever more...


Nov 12, 20231 min read
Well, I never…
…grieved for my father. Before anyone recoils in shock, I should point out that this only became apparent to me very recently during an...


Sep 21, 20221 min read
A time for reflection
I wrote in a short story that I wished my life could always be September, when the embers of a dying season wisp and glow. I think I had...


Sep 4, 20221 min read
Red kite at night
I went for a long walk across the local farmland this evening. The harvest has been collected and the fields are being prepared...


May 17, 20221 min read
A friend indeed
This is something I mentioned on Facebook the other day, but I thought it was worth blogging about too. There is so much bad press about...


Nov 3, 20212 min read
Cornwall to Afghanistan
So, the time is upon us again when we remember and honour the lives lost in war. In the midst of this, I believe there should be an...


Apr 11, 20213 min read
The Eyes Have It…
…but unlike Parliament, does the nose have it too? Or the mouth, for that matter? Okay, what I’m really asking here is whether the...


Feb 20, 20212 min read
Men and women – fact or fiction?
Pre-COVID I ran a book club. Hopefully we will soon all meet again. We tried Zoom and soon realized it was a waste of time. Anyone who...


Jan 23, 20213 min read
Why do we say hello?
Well, why do we say hello? More than ever in these times of long, solitary walks, the greeting to a relative stranger is perhaps an...


Dec 31, 20202 min read
Goodbye, old friend
They ask: “How does a cliche become a cliche?” I guess that question is answered by the number of people who are probably musing that...
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