Jonathan Townend
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I love writing articles & fictional stories. They give me scope to express myself and free my mind. After working as a mental health nurse for 30 years, writing allows an effective emotional release, one which I hope you will join me on.
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What Is It That Makes Us Write?
If you have been following and reading what I have had to say since the summer of 2020 (doesn't really have the same poetic ring to it as Bryan Adams 'summer of 69' does it...) then you will see that I have been quite a keen writer, both here at Vocal and over on another writing platform called Medium.
By Jonathan Townend11 months ago in Writers
The Enlightening Dangers of Nighttime Driving
Every person who’s passed their driving test at some stage in their life, will understand that, while driving out on the roads alone (finally, with no driving instructor sat next to you) can be exhilarating, it can also be extremely daunting too… particularly when it comes to night driving.
By Jonathan Townend11 months ago in Wheel
Hi Vocal, I'm Back... cue the drumroll
Trust me folks, I really have definitely not been frolicking through the woods, as the image suggests - certainly the weather here in England is never dry and warm enough for starters, and secondly, my legs couldn't take all that activity.
By Jonathan Townend11 months ago in Humans
The Truth About a Nursing Home Fire Outbreak Revisited
I chose to author this after this very question has been plaguing me for too many years. I had been a registered nurse for 32 years before I had to medically retire after becoming physically disabled from contracting COVID-19 in 2020 whilst working in a hospital where I had been employed full-time.
By Jonathan Townend2 years ago in Psyche
The Sizable Invasion of the Coat Hanger Army. Top Story - September 2023.
What was supposed to be another quiet and rainy day down here on planet Earth soon turned out to be anything but, for those blouses, jeans, and shirts that were patiently waiting to be put away after their long-drawn-out affair with the heat machine, that their humans insisted upon throwing them in.
By Jonathan Townend2 years ago in Humor
Countdown to New Beginnings
Nine in all, crew members all sharing the same goal, to successfully break orbit from their home planet, travel to another planet, to colonize and model a second Earth, but without the troubles that home had long ago created for themselves. It represented humanity's chance to start over.
By Jonathan Townend3 years ago in Fiction
