Getting ready for the carnival
A London pigeon getting ready for the Noting Hill Carnival apparently – a poster ohotographed on the London Underground.
More Summer Photos
These photos were taken over the summer of 2010. The oldest (the Balloon and clouds photo) I took on 26th June and the most recent, the group portrait of Taiga, the Gothenburg Balalaika Group, I took this morning (29th August). The Soapstone Inuits are on the mantlepiece of my brother- and sister-in-law, who have paddled … More…
Not now, Cora!
There are some great lines in Fantastic Voyage (some of them cited below), but I ended up going for a cheap joke at the expense of Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence. I was inspired by the strip in the middle of the postcard above here, which is a still from the DVD. (What she’s actually … More…
Live, floss and prosper
The second DVD out of the box as I work through my birthday present to myself, is JJ Abram’s Star Trek from last year (2009). Taking this film as my subject here also gives me an opportunity to brush off and republish my original review. (‘Review’ doesn’t seem quite the right word, but judge for … More…
Human teenagers
The young ones make great pets. Just make sure you get rid of them before they mature the last thing you want is a human teenager running around your house
I write like … a hell of a lot of people!
I write like … a hell of a lot of people it seems,. or so the website I Write Like seems to believe. I’m not sure I full agree though.
The Kitchen Diaries & Toast
A review of two books by Nigel Slater, food writer and journalist. The books were presents to me on my recent birthday.
Another year older (and deeper in debt)
Another year older (and deeper in debt) An illustration for my birthday with candles and strawberries and chocolate memento mori and everything.
Elin’s Story – Progress Metres
Progress Metres: A Writing Diary entry about using Progress meters to track my writing progress on Elin’s Story. A technique from NaNoWriMo.
Picture(s) of the weekend
Swedish Midsummer on the west coast Looking out to sea to the north west. I took these four photos at 7 p.m. (evening), 10 p.m. (sunset), midnight (twilight) and 2 a.m. (dawn) on the night between 25th and 26th July. Apologies for the quality of the 2 a.m. photo – I blame the light and … More…