The Journey Is Important…
I have been reading Ignore Everybody by Hugh Macleod, a cartoonist who does his work on the backs of business cards. He is also a blogger, a writer and a creative consultant. Ignore Everybody was his first book and it is full of advice about how to be more creative. It’s a good little read, [...]
Paperbackward
I was so happy on Friday, to be digging around the paperback section of Halfprice Books. One of my finds was a little collection of prose musings and essays by Laurie Lee, who authored one of my very favourite books Cider With Rosie. Cider With Rosie is a childhood memoir whose resonance goes beyond its [...]
Oh Simple Thing
I’m being simple at the moment. I don’t know if it is all the uncertainty (visa applications pending) or the new baby or just a time to reprioritise but I have slowed right down and for now, I have let a lot of things go. I have, however, been spending a lot of my snatched [...]
Does the Bus Driver Have a Skeleton?
My son is really interested in skeletons at the moment. In his four-year-old mind, there is nothing spooky or ghoulish about them, he is simply matter-of-factly interested in what things do and don’t have skeletons. One afternoon last week, my son was where the wildness was and so off we went to see some rib [...]
Fall/Winter 2011
Dark teal and old papery green and antique gold and dusk and damson and falling grey and long savoured, slow-spoken words and whispers and ashen shadows and dying, muting, losing, lightening.
The Eye of the Beholder
I watched Bill Cunningham New York last night. Bill Cunningham has been photographing New York’s street style for decades and has a weekly column in the New York Times. What a romp of style, colour and cool cats. Good golly, do I want to visit another city soon! It’s been far too long and is [...]
This Side of the Pond, That Side of the Pond: Socialism & Philanthropy.
The healthcare debates have had Americans and Brits eyeing one another’s policies and systems over the pond. It was very interesting for me as a Brit living in America to hear some of the opinions expressed. From this vantage point, I have also followed the sad tale of heavy government cuts back home and of [...]
Be Gifted
(That’s a perfect pun.) I want to look like this when I grow up: A note: This was taken by Kate Cooper. If you want something lovely to do over a cup of tea, I would recommend looking at Kate’s blog, katecooperphotography.blogspot.com. It’s not just that Kate takes a great shot, it’s what [...]
My Tuppence Worth
I was listening to the world news on the ol’ wireless yesterday. I have to concentrate so hard when I listen to the news, I find it really difficult to actually hear it. Drone drone drone summit drone politicians drone drone issues drone drone process drone. I realise that what’s being said is important, it [...]
Pavlov’s Theme Tune
I had forgotten that it is a rarity with a new baby to get time with both hands. Most of my emails these days don’t feature the two-handed feat of capitilisation. With all of this chair-bound, one-handed time, I have watched lots of re-runs of The Office (U.S), so much so that Quinn now stops [...]
Hannah Stoney is a British artist and writer.