Enthusiasms and the Kitchen
'And it's true that I am a person of enthusiasms,' writes Nigella Lawson in the introduction to her book, Simply Nigella.* I, also, am a person of enthusiasms. Some people…
'And it's true that I am a person of enthusiasms,' writes Nigella Lawson in the introduction to her book, Simply Nigella.* I, also, am a person of enthusiasms. Some people…
When I got an iPad (my first) in April, I had high hopes for all the things I’d be able to do with/on it. My laptop is getting old (5…
The Brain, within its Groove Runs evenly--and true-- But let a Splinter swerve-- 'Twere easier for You--To put a Current back-- When Floods have slit the Hills-- And scooped a…
Trying to make sense of some stuff and, also, have been fretting that I haven’t published a post yet this year, so I thought I’d combine the two. Screenshot from…
I'm just exploring something and it’s not going well... Here’s a picture 💚 My birthday lunch.
It's six-o-two on Christmas morning. We are in a distillery cottage on Islay, Dave is sleeping, the wind is roaring round us like a fury, causing the wood in the…
The CommissionI was asked to create an artefact that spoke to the idea of a two year old girl's first words being a premonition about meeting her future husband. The…
I tend to think I'm rubbish at working to someone else's specifications. That commissions stifle my imagination. But, the only projects I've managed to complete, successfully, in the last year…
I am on a lonely road and I am travelling, sang Joni Mitchell in a song I like very much. But her problem could be considered quite the opposite of…
Like everyone, Covid has affected my life in a zillion random ways. While I've had the very good fortune not to get sick, I'm somewhat weighted by certain repercussions. No…