ABOUT
"And yet, one can't forever stand on the shore; at some point, filled with indecision, scepticism, reservation and doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever
elsewhere"
- Arthur Miller
I am in danger of becoming an even grumpier old man. But not just yet.
I was born in Glasgow. I've made my way to Canberra, Australia, which was never part of any plan of mine -- to be honest.
More than forty years ago I broke my neck, swimming off Portobello beach near Edinburgh -- the city to which my heart belongs. There was something I never saw coming. But what can one say? Shit happens. Life moves on.
So, what's this place about then?
Bits of me and my story: poems, stories, essays and occasional arguments -- sometimes with myself -- about life, culture, memory, politics, disability …and anything else that inspires, provokes or mobilises my thoughts.
If you’ve made it this far, I hope you’ll stay and look around. I hope you’ll find something that makes it worthwhile to come back.
Dougie Herd