Clare Dodd

January 27, 2023

Cooking, Writing

"The air's beginning to jangle out there"

Clare Dodd

January 27, 2023

Cooking, Writing

"The air's beginning to jangle out there"

Turns out, that ‘jangle’ I can hear is the sound of screeching tyres as they start to straighten and pick up traction post turning that metaphorical corner.

Clare Dodd

December 31, 2019

Getting Excited, Writing

New year, new decade, old habits

Clare Dodd

December 31, 2019

Getting Excited, Writing

It’s New Year’s Eve 2019. I’m revving up the resolutions engine and letting 2020 be led by the heart. And in the process hoping I know what all that really means.

Clare Dodd

March 3, 2019

Writing, Interesting things, Art

Communicating accurately as art

Clare Dodd

March 3, 2019

Writing, Interesting things, Art

Understanding art as a way to accurately communicate something that would otherwise remain locked in your mind. The filter is what colours experiences as your own, not what stops you communicating it to others.

Clare Dodd

February 19, 2019

Writing, Getting Excited

New year's resolutions revisited

Clare Dodd

February 19, 2019

Writing, Getting Excited

Getting excited is fun. Sharing that excitement extends the joy. Why does there need to be any more reason to write?

Clare Dodd

April 9, 2015

Books, Getting Excited, Writing

Do just the one thing

Clare Dodd

April 9, 2015

Books, Getting Excited, Writing

To do just the one thing is such an obvious piece of wisdom, but it is often forgotten. Upon finishing 'Stoner: A Novel', it seemed pertinent that writing this post be the one thing I do.

Clare Dodd

January 19, 2015

Books, Writing

Influence and intimidation

Clare Dodd

January 19, 2015

Books, Writing

My review of Jonathan Lethem's 'The Ecstasy of Influence' may have been quite little, but the thoughts it sparked were a quite big. So hop on board this train of thought about influence and intimidation.

Clare Dodd

January 4, 2015

Books, Getting Excited, Writing

Resolutions with good reason

Clare Dodd

January 4, 2015

Books, Getting Excited, Writing

Welcome, one and all, to 2015. It's the year of adventure and I am back (with gay abandon) to typing in my notebook.

Clare Dodd

June 22, 2014

Interesting things, Writing

Halfway to nowhere

Clare Dodd

June 22, 2014

Interesting things, Writing

A pub in Wales pointed out that halfway to nowhere is exactly where you need to be to move forward with a little meaning.

Clare Dodd

May 7, 2014

Writing

Running out of practice

Clare Dodd

May 7, 2014

Writing

The less you write, the less you are a writer. But when you keep worrying about what's happening next, there's no time to expand upon what's happening now.

Clare Dodd

January 19, 2014

Music, Uncategorized, Writing

Transitioning to a new frequency

Clare Dodd

January 19, 2014

Music, Uncategorized, Writing

2013 meant dipping my toes in a lot of new things. 2014 means diving a little deeper into a few and transitioning to a new writing frequency.

Clare Dodd

December 10, 2013

Writing

Oh any profession but this...

Clare Dodd

December 10, 2013

Writing

Writing is my profession, my fun and more. My brain on the other hand is a little more limited in its functionality.

Clare Dodd

October 27, 2013

Writing

Happy anniversary

Clare Dodd

October 27, 2013

Writing

Before I hit this notebook's anniversary, I need to raise a glass to a different but not entirely unrelated first birthday.

Clare Dodd

September 1, 2013

Popular Culture, Writing

Blackberries will always turn to mush: and I'm glad

Clare Dodd

September 1, 2013

Popular Culture, Writing

Seamus Heaney died this week, and with his poem 'Blackberry-Pickings' he has reminded me of the importance of honesty and the danger of influence when experiencing the disappointments of life.

Clare Dodd

August 4, 2013

Interesting things, Writing

The current trumps the conditional

Clare Dodd

August 4, 2013

Interesting things, Writing

If we lived perpetually in the conditional, we would never have anything new to say. It's the current that keeps us thinking.

Clare Dodd

April 21, 2013

Writing

I haven't forgotten you

Clare Dodd

April 21, 2013

Writing

It is Sunday, and I should be writing. But output doesn't put out without some input.