Richard Gordon

21/05/2026

A book landed through the post with a handwritten note from Margaret O’Brien. It sets out a 90-day journal that maps your inner state onto the Beaufort Wind Scale, turning mood into weather: calm, unsettled, or something more restless under the surface. Then you’re invited to reflect on the state of your outer world.

Each day opens with quotes from writers like Jorge Luis Borges and Charles Darwin. A simple but sharp way of pulling attention back to how you’re actually moving through things.

This journal would make a great gift for someone who could use a bit more clarity on what’s going on inside.

08/05/2026

You can now listen to the full interview with Radio Kerry and Deirdre Walsh Talkabout on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/JugmMN19zv4?si=RjQOAgkp91tVlliG.

Richard Gordon Interview with Radio Kerry and Deirdre Walsh talking about Memorytown - The Audiobook.Available here: https://open.substack.com/pub/richardgor...

07/05/2026

A clip of my conversation with Deirdre Walsh on today. We spoke about grief, leaving Ireland, and eventually finding my way back home. Thanks so much for having me .

30/04/2026

Thank you to The Kerryman and Fergus Dennehy for sharing my story. More to come.

There’s loss, and then there’s loss.

29/04/2026

Self-publishing is a never-ending act. Through the process of recording the chapters of Memorytown, my audiobook, I asked 13 beta listeners to provide feedback on some of the chapters. Their input helped me see the blind spots and guided me as I re-edited each of the chapters.

27/04/2026

A long drive presents an opportunity to reflect on a myriad of things. If you’ve seen the Audiobook’s cover you may have noticed the subtitle “Face the Dark. See the Light”. Here is my reasoning behind these words. I hope it resonates with you and that listening to the memoir helps you process your own unprocessed grief.

23/04/2026

A hidden flow buried in Irish woodlands.

I sat here for a while.

Do you have a favourite place to sit for a while?

21/04/2026

Some stories don’t resolve when they finish; they expand.

What stands out across these reactions isn’t just “it’s good”. It’s the pattern:
💬 Ordinary moments that gain weight later in life.
💬 Grief that isn’t neatly processed.
💬 Humour sitting uncomfortably beside loss.
💬 A sense of being inside someone’s life, not observing it.

It is described as raw, but not chaotic. Reflective, but not distant. More like something you sit with that move through. 💭

Listen and see what stays with you.