A Kitchen Notebook

A Kitchen Notebook

Essays

Creativity and alcohol.

What it was like with, and what it's like now, without.

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Sep 25, 2025
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The first glass of wine is lubrication, after that it’s a bog.

This is how I see it now.

But I look back and recall how much I thought a full bodied glass of red would help ease open the portal into drawing or writing. I would yearn for an evening alone at my desk, with my favourite wine, a playlist and a stack of paper or the laptop.

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