Mark Diacono's Imperfect Umbrella

Home
Podcast
The Writing Process
From The Garden To The Table
Dead Letter Office
The Round Up
Archive
About
New
Top
Community
Summer pause
Hello and I hope you are having an excellent November, for November is how it feels in the UK. After a hot, dry May and June, July has been gloomy…
 • 
Mark Diacono
11
Figs: a fruit and a herb
In 1988, I ate my first fresh fig. It was handed to me by the person who’d grown it on the Greek island of Santorini. It was melting, succulent and with…
 • 
Mark Diacono
39
Photoshoots
What and how
 • 
Mark Diacono
10
1979: Boys Keep Swinging
We all have our reasons for stealing. Terry is in a hurry to grow up, Peter spends too much time attached to a machine for his lungs, Steve just likes a…
 • 
Mark Diacono
11
The Next Book
If you have been here for a while, you may remember I wrote about a book idea I thought would be fun - and hopefully useful - to follow from lightbulb…
 • 
Mark Diacono
20
A joyful weekend at home
Every early winter, I lay a fire, a teetering Jenga of kindling, a waxed fire lighter at its heart like the boiled egg in the log of luncheon meat the…
 • 
Mark Diacono
44
A year gone
And some of what's to come
 • 
Mark Diacono
19
Mark Diacono's Imperfect Umbrella
Mark Diacono's Imperfect Umbrella
Food, gardening, the writing process, existence, biscuits and everything in between by award-winning author Mark Diacono
Recommendations
View all 17
Megabites
Megabites
John and Sally McKenna
Story Club with George Saunders
Story Club with George Saunders
George Saunders
L
Lia’s Living Almanac
Lia Leendertz
The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson
The Gardening Mind by Jo Thompson
Jo Thompson
Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson
Lickedspoon with Debora Robertson
Debora Robertson 🦀

Mark Diacono's Imperfect Umbrella

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2023 Mark Diacono
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start WritingGet the app
Substack is the home for great writing