by Sam Dounis | Jan 31, 2019 | About Sam, Blogging, Stories, Uncategorized, Writing
Beat the blank page and get writing using this foolproof tip.
by Sam Dounis | May 22, 2018 | Kimber, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Uncategorized
Kimber has a wonky leg. It all began a few weeks ago when she tried to chase someone else’s ball. If you’re a regular reader of my blog, or of my cartoons, you may already have an inkling that Kimber is very fond of a ball. She has two favourite kinds of...
by Sam Dounis | Feb 6, 2018 | About Sam, Fun Days Out, Highland Perthshire, Kenmore, Kimber, Project Joy, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Uncategorized
I have many reasons to be grateful, and two of those reasons are my family’s holiday home in Kenmore, and having Kimber. Not necessarily in that order, although I can hear Kimber tearing some paper apart in the next room, so let’s hope that’s nothing...
by Sam Dounis | Aug 21, 2017 | About Sam, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Uncategorized
When Sam Querrey beat Andy Murray in their 2017 Wimbledon quarter-final match, Andy Murray went viral on Social Media. Not for anything he did in the match, but for calling out a reporter afterwards on his casual sexism. The reporter had stated that Sam Querrey was...
by Sam Dounis | May 11, 2017 | Blogging, Stories, Thoughts and Musings, Uncategorized, Writing
When you work on your own, it’s easy to get yourself tied up in knots when it comes to blogging. You start off with ‘what should I blog about today?’, and via ‘that’s a rubbish idea’, ‘who’s going to want to read...
by Sam Dounis | Aug 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
When my soldier friend came home from the first Gulf War, we threw him a ‘Welcome Home’ party. There was a sense of relief, good fortune, and rejoicing. For us, anyway. On our walk home, when he started punching trees, and then walls, it became obvious...