Category: Personal Talks

This is where I talk from a more personal perspective about things like mental health and life experiences.

Did Religion Ruin Prince?

Good evening readers, how are you? As I've been sitting in my loft room at my dad's for nearly the past week I have rediscovered my admiration for the work of the Artist Formerly Known As An Unpronounceable Symbol, the one and only, Prince. So what? You're writing a blog post to tell us that you've gotten back into that skinny mother fucker with the high voice? (to quote the 1987 song Bob George)? Well not exactly. I've been working my way through his vast catalogue of hits and performances, Continue reading [...]

Families eh?!

Afternoon. How are you all? You may have noticed that I have removed the last post from the front page, it seemed a little whiny and I'm not in the business of constantly complaining to you. So it's gone. Instead, I thought I'd replace it with a nice jolly post about my family outing today. Feel free to switch off...now. So, here I was. Seven o'clock this morning being rudely awaken by the unmistakable sound of my mum pottering and rushing around, making sandwiches and flasks of tea and coffee Continue reading [...]

Hi there September.

Afternoon everyone! I've changed the name of the blog (yet again) to something a bit more plain and simple. "I am Clarke Roberts" comes as a quote from my mum in a recent conversation we had. As some of you reading this may know I've been not been brilliant recently and during a pep talk, she simply said to me: "You are Clarke Roberts, and you are fantastic" - I am Clarke Roberts. Simple, but yet it speaks volumes. Everything I write on here is me, be it about religion, philosophy, politics or more Continue reading [...]

Why do I always draw triangles?

Morning readers, is the rain keeping you inside too? If you're wondering about the title, well I'm currently sat in my dressing gown with a cup of tea listening to Ellie Goulding. "Why do I always draw triangles?" is a lyric from her song I Wish I Stayed and so I just thought I'd use it as a starting point for this post. I always draw triangles because I'm lazy. Well, I'm not lazy but it seems as though when I'm not working I'm doing absolutely nothing. And even when I do have work either in the Continue reading [...]

I can’t think of a title, but here goes.

Good evening everyone! How are you all doing? You may have noticed the site has changed a little since I last posted back in June; The Lonely Tree is the new title for my blog and I've decided (as to ensure I keep up with writing), that instead of just writing about politics, philosophy etc. that I would go back to my roots as seen on Pointless Ramblings and also include some more personal posts. The first of which I'm about to start now. So here I am, sat at my new desk, in my new room at my Continue reading [...]