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…
Possession
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…
And, Away!
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…
Artist Date 2: A Commission
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…
Apple Lane
The Dig
Me, digging – pulling silly faces for the camera is easier than trying to look not-hideous these days. Saturday 27 February 2021The rain has abated and, although you wouldn't call…