tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post2979383619276768658..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Calming down... with words - Nick GarlickUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-50795631968288856532020-07-31T07:23:04.709+01:002020-07-31T07:23:04.709+01:00Great post Nick! Life and conspiracy theorists can...Great post Nick! Life and conspiracy theorists can be so discombobulating but you are right writing can be so grounding, allowing you to escape this crazy world to a world that is safe and hopefully happy. Thank you for writing this, it reminds me why I need to write Ness Harbourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370427313780759711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53377864679557762522020-07-30T16:38:58.343+01:002020-07-30T16:38:58.343+01:00Commiserations on the dumb relative. I have a fair...Commiserations on the dumb relative. I have a fairly obvious theory re- the conspiracy theorists - we are, after all, a story telling species, and these are stories masquerading as facts. Have you encountered the demons and lizards yet?Enid Richemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218197995089241666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-73127083306502463922020-07-30T12:35:32.131+01:002020-07-30T12:35:32.131+01:00Excellent post, Nick! Isn't it interesting ho...Excellent post, Nick! Isn't it interesting how writing helps calm down the internal rage? (Just as well, since we rage at the news most days now!)Lynne Bentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412874594191347503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-7673800882426036682020-07-29T18:17:50.916+01:002020-07-29T18:17:50.916+01:00That's lovely and encouraging, and I recognise...That's lovely and encouraging, and I recognise the way writing our own stories can help us choose a better narrative than ones foisted on us, and calm us down!Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-56805554648626461952020-07-29T11:24:36.016+01:002020-07-29T11:24:36.016+01:00Thank you. Nick! Good stories - even stories about...Thank you. Nick! Good stories - even stories about stories - are very welcome these days.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60656017924762981292020-07-29T10:47:34.697+01:002020-07-29T10:47:34.697+01:00Lovely! (My husband discovered this week that some...Lovely! (My husband discovered this week that someone he knows and likes is an anti-vaxxer. She says she won't have a covid vaccine, and her children haven't had any vaccinations.????? Honestly, I find the world more bewildering day by day.Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com