I thought I’d start the ball rolling for the 2015 Challenge and throw my introductory hat into the ring. (Note to sensitive readers, I don’t condone hat-fighting and can assure you no hats were hurt in the writing of this forum post.)
If you can keep your head, while all around you are losing theirs, perhaps you should land your helicopter somewhere less crowded. Alright so that little proverb has as yet been useless to me in everyday situations. Maybe it’d help if I had a Helicopter, or could fly one…still I live in hope. Actually that’s not true as I live in Manchester, England but it doesn’t scan anywhere near as well.
Hmm still reading eh? Good for you. I suppose it’d be appropriate to introduce myself at this point instead of rambling like Hugh Grant. So Hello! I’m Neil, but most of my friends call me Monkey. Which as nicknames go isn’t so bad, I keep on pushing God or Genius, but they’re not taking the hint.
So, nowadays I appear to have devoted myself to becoming a 37-y-o man of Letters, albeit one who misunderstood the term. You see I am a Postman by day and a Writer by night – although technically I sleep at night but “a Writer by Day as well” doesn’t sound nearly so good – so if I’m not delivering one kind of letter, I’m herding the other with aid of my letter-pen-sheepdog-pen?Like a Letter Shepherd?!
(*note to self, check with peers about validity of Letter wrangling.)
Well it appears this profile has deviated very slightly from my original plan but like a steward putting a wet-floor sign out on the Titanic, I’m sure I can turn things round.
So now I’m back, (not from outer space) and here to have a third bash at scribbling down my thoughts and sending them to strangers across the world in the hope they’ll send me coherent sentences in return and possibly the odd unusually flavoured teabag…preferably unused – you know who you are. So having completely wiped the marathon effort last year of fitting Month of letters into my hectic tea-drinking schedule from my mind, I’ve returned for a third slice of the Month of Letters cake. Mmmmmm cake.
The last two years have connected me to some pretty fabulous people who send me smiles from around the world. If you’re still unsure as to whether to get involved or not…I say do it! If you know a friend who might…I say tell them about it!
And if you’re reading this over my shoulder, get out of my house! 
I look forward to hearing from you. Address on my Profile.
Keep Scribbling!
