Saltaire – Flinty Maguire

Kindness and gratitude

September 10, 2016September 10, 2016 by Flinty Maguire, posted in Alternative lifestyle, Kindness, Photography

Kindness and gratitude would solve the world's problems. I believe it. Kindness is not passive. It is a simple act of helpfulness. I have been helped and I am grateful. I have failed and fallen and have been helped again, which makes me want to help others. Forward motion. Never static. Inch by inch. A myhermes … Continue reading Kindness and gratitude

Getting back to work… sort of

July 14, 2016July 14, 2016 by Flinty Maguire, posted in Alternative lifestyle

Last September, in the place where I grew up, we made a plan. Paddling in the rock pools, breathing transparent air (not dove grey, like it was in our other home town) - it all came together. We would live here. Where life-changing decisions are made. We returned home, did what we needed to do … Continue reading Getting back to work… sort of

I’m the author of Ellie Booton’s Journals – novels for children. Ellie’s sandwiched between wholy unsuitable brothers. She lives at the coast where Grandma flexes diplomatic muscle, Mum is discreetly depressed, and Dad blusters his way through a maze of inadequacy. They are, I guess, a normalish family. It’s imperative that Ellie hones vital life skills before, frankly, everything gets a bit too much.

These books aren’t autobiographical. Ellie is funnier and smarter than I ever was as a kid.

I’m married, looking after my mum, loving family, friends, dogs and rescue chickens.

Volunteer with Congo Children Trust which runs the children’s sanctuary, Kimbilio, in DR Congo.

Following a vegan lifestyle.