Skip to content
Masthead Logo Courier New 2
  • Home
  • About
  • Members
    • Friends
  • Blog
    • Bi-weekly Wisdom
    • Pensives
    • Authors
  • Contact us
  • Join Us
  • Forums
  • FAQ
    • Post a blog
    • Adding Images

Posts by Nigel Wild

  • Home
  • Nigel Wild
About Nigel Wild
Having travelled a fair bit of the world, I settled with my wife, a gorgeous cat and a Triumph TR6 sports car in SW France in 2013. A freelance journalist and author, I published my debut novel 'Nightwalk' in 2012. Set in France and Britain in WW2, it chronicles the pacy and passionate war of an unlikely Resistance hero. The sequel is well under way. My family is scattered in Kent, Sussex and Washington DC, so get-togethers are infrequent, not helped by the pandemic, but we keep in regular contact via phone, email and Skype. Now I write about France, its people and lifestyle.
TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION
Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION

In my teens, I was an aficionado of the works of Nevil Shute, one of the great storytellers, and I devoured most if not all of his novels. One of…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2023-05-15Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom2 Comments
COLD – FRIEND OR FOE?
Posted inPensives

COLD – FRIEND OR FOE?

This winter has been hard for many in Europe and elsewhere. Even snow in California! How do you view the cold? Does it bring joy, the freedom of the slopes…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2023-03-13Posted inPensivesNo Comments
Cat
Posted inPensives

A CAT AND MOUSE GAME

The cat is called Princess. She adopted us in early August after being abandoned for some time, a common problem in France. After much TLC, she’s grown into a beautiful…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2022-11-14Posted inPensivesTags: creativity, inspiration, writing prompts3 Comments
Two hands hold Gender symbols - credit Wikimedia
Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom

A QUESTION OF GENDER

A while back, there was some discussion in Pens as to whether it’s ‘an hotel’ or ‘a hotel’. This prompted me to muse about the French language. The ‘h’ is…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2022-09-12Posted inBi-weekly WisdomTags: French, gender3 Comments
Posted inPensives

THE POWER OF THUNDERSTORMS

Here in France, thunderstorms are a way of life. Hot air from North Africa meets colder air high above France; with climate change, these storms are getting worse. Not only…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2022-06-27Posted inPensivesTags: thunder storms, weather, writing prompts3 Comments
Learning Through Journalism
Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom

Learning Through Journalism

For a good few years, I wrote monthly features for the lifestyle and business magazines of my regional newspaper. Animal Matters covered a broad canvas from animal rescues to a…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2022-02-28Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom4 Comments
THE AEROPLANE
Posted inPensives

THE AEROPLANE

In 1903, the Wright brothers flew around 200 feet at Kittyhawk. In 1909, Blériot crossed the English Channel. By 1918, aircraft played a significant role in combat and the RAF…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2021-09-20Posted inPensives4 Comments
GETTING YOUR MUDS WORDLED
Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom

GETTING YOUR MUDS WORDLED

At some time in our lives, we’ve all got our tongues twisted and our muds wordled, often in a situation where we wanted to get it just right. Except pressure…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2021-07-05Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom4 Comments
Mind Your Language
Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom

Mind Your Language

I’m fascinated by languages. I’ve Advanced levels in French and German, studied Japanese for a time and picked up some useful bits of Arabic in the Middle East. German came…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2021-04-26Posted inBi-weekly Wisdom7 Comments
Corona writer image
Posted inPensives

COVID-19 AND WRITER’S BLOCK

We've all reported that our motivation and writing output have severely diminished, if not stopped, during the pandemic. Letters and articles in writing magazines reveal that countless writers have faced…
Read More
Posted by By Nigel Wild 2021-03-07Posted inPensivesTags: pandemic, writer's block, writing during difficult times2 Comments

Lost your password?

Subscribe for updates
Complete this form to receive a weekly e-mail with links to new blog posts at Pens Around the World.
loader

I have read the privacy policy

Your e-mail address will only be used to send you a weekly notification when we update Pens Around The World. You can always unsubscribe via the unsubscribe link included in each e-mail.

Complete your subscription by clicking on the subscribe link we sent to the e-mail address you gave us.
Copyright © 2021-2023 by Pens Around The World and each individual author, unless otherwise stated. All rights reserved.
Our privacy policy
Scroll to Top
Manage Cookie Consent
We use cookies to optimise our website and our service.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}