Rural life is displaying its wind-blown charms on a daily basis. The rhythm of life is unsurprisingly very much slower here, and, in my experience thus far, the stronger the local accent, the slower the life. I completely confused the guy at a local car repair and MOT garage this morning by telephoning to ask [...]
I’m unaccustomed to dealing with medical problems, so the prospect of undergoing a routine surgery came not without some trepidation. This was to be a hernia repair. Possibly the result of lugging a humongous 32-inch Sony CRT television set up two flights of stairs a couple of years ago (as at least two people who [...]
Last weekend I actually got out of the flat and travelled to big, bad London. That’s a rare event for me now, but this was a chance to meet with some new people. I was delighted in October to have my work accepted by the SGFA (Society of Graphic Fine Art), and Saturday was my [...]
Last weekend saw Jen’s first taste of one particular British tradition: the car boot sale. I haven’t attended the bargain bustle of the boot sale for a good many years, despite them being regular weekend entertainment at one time. Jen, of course, knows garage sales, rummage sales (I think we might translate those as Jumble [...]
I am sketching at a nearby church late on Sunday morning (see image), and experience an interesting encounter. Some of the dialogue here may be paraphrased but I assure you not exaggerated. I stand at one side of the gated entrance – the most interesting composition in that particular light – and peek up from [...]
