Secrets
Want to know a secret? I like the dirty side of town. It makes me feel like I’m in a black and white arthouse film. I feel anonymous. I feel real. I can be anyone I want to be. I like the soured faces that glare out from behind grubby lace curtains, and the kids [...]
Dude, I’m meditating here …
If ever there was a sentence that I couldn’t imagine myself thinking, this was one of them and yet it’s the one I could hear running through my head at approximately 8.45 this morning. I had to travel across the county for work on a bus that should have long ago been condemned to the [...]
I’m Big, I’m Bold, I’m 30 and I’m Beautiful
Ya, you read it right. It’s like a miracle that came out of nowhere. Or more specifically came out of a conspiracy between my sister and a photographic studio in Cheltenham. After finishing at the 9-5 (or thereabouts) I grabbed the dogs, leapt into the car and whizzed through torrential rain and snow (snow!?) to [...]
Mismatched Socks and Secret Quirks
Today I went to a photo shoot with Venture Studios, which was a 30th Birthday present from my sister (she’s such an inspired wee genius!) and had the MOST fun and the doggies were SOOOO well behaved. Getting dressed this morning was a thought provoking experience and I’ll tell you why. The studio had suggested [...]
Murmurations
The Somerset Levels is an area of reclaimed wetland around Glastonbury and Wells, which as well as being wonderfully pretty countryside is home to one of the most spectactular natural events I have ever seen. They begin to fly southward for the winter and arrive here at the end of October or early November and [...]
Seasonal Insanity
My lovely sister left our post-Christmas celebrations this afternoon, and the house is obscenely quiet. I keep expecting to hear an unlikely crash, thud or squeak as a reminder that I’m not crashing about alone in the cottage. Instead the silence is tomb-like and oddly magnified. There may as well be a giant neon sign [...]
The Knicker Lady
Last night I did something I’ve been promising myself for ages. I went to the theatre. The Knicker Lady is a charmingly comical romp through the history of intimate apparel since the Victorian ages, as told by Rosemary Hawthorne, Vicar’s wife, Fashion historian, and Joyce Grenfell of Knickers. I laughed so much that I sat [...]
Follow Me
