by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 19, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
My great grandfather, Captain Frederick Lincoln Adamson, wearing a suit. Early 20th Century. Possibly taken in India on service in the merchant Navy. Or possibly in Yorkshire. Either way, nice use of a casual cigar in the shot. Recently I got rid of almost all my...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 12, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
Image courtesy MediaKit ltd via Unsplash.com One of the great things about being a professional writer is it calms me down. I find a sense of focus and purpose putting words in sentences that I lack most of the time. That’s reassuring because I’m writing...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
Rebecca Lowe and her bicycle, ‘Maud’, central Iran, 2016 My friend Rebecca has a new book out called The Slow Road to Tehran. The Financial Times reviewed it on Monday. They described it as “highly entertaining and impressively valiant.” I call her my...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 22, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
The actor Ray Winstone, on “holiday”, sort of. I’ll be off next week. Unlike 92% of freelancers, I’ve been able to book a week out of town. I’ve also committed to turning off my computer and unplugging from client work. It’s not easy but...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Mar 16, 2022 | Thoughts You Can Use
It’s Women’s History Month and yesterday, March 15, was Equal Pay Day. That’s how far white women in America must work to earn what men earned in the previous year for doing the same job. And if you’re a Black woman, it’s in AUGUST. FFS. Men, if you want to do...
