The year is 1994. I’m on a bus (that’s right, a bus) on a school History trip travelling from Scotland to Spain. I’m 14. On my Sony Walkman I have a tape of Prince’s Purple Rain that I must have stolen from my older sister,Read more…
Here is an article from the Guardian website that I stumbled upon, incidentally while researching “What to do when you can’t cope being a mother” (well, I’m sure we all have doubts) – http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/31/mothers-stop-moaning-about-motherhood Mothers – Stop Moaning About Motherhood. Right. * Crikey. I hadRead more…
Today is National Poetry Day! (8th October) So I thought for that reason I’d share with you a new poem I wrote especially for this season, and it is one I have fairly recently been working on. I hope you enjoy reading it! * *Read more…
Eight years ago this July, I embarked on a road trip with my boyfriend (now husband) round Scotland. The journey was planned out meticulously around tent stops and wine rations, taking in most of the Highlands and some of the Islands, attempting to circumnavigate the country (theRead more…
Ever heard of ironic book titles? Here’s one. It’s called: What to Expect: the Toddler Years. How funny. Bet they laughed coming up with that one. It sits on my shelf staring back at me sanctimoniously; mocking me. Laughing at my woeful inexperience. Actually, noRead more…
Our love is so far away Our love is so far away now it’s like looking on another galaxy, And I feel sad it’s light years since we met; Acres of space apart from it now, Manifoldly distant, Otherworldly; Remotely, I note now just theRead more…
Musings of reality vs. fantasy as I start out and commence the heady world of self-employment, written back in 2006. Before me – literally – lay a blank, empty page. Rabbit-in-the-headlights stasis. Before I had a plan. (Do I now? – is the constant question.)Read more…
To celebrate what would have been my Granny’s 108th Birthday had she been alive today, 2nd April, I have decided it was time to write a little homage to her. Not necessarily as a grandmother, but as a woman. She was born in 1907Read more…
Gesture Drawing and Fast Work / Developing a Style In this blog post I want to show you about developing a style, and how I advanced my drawing/sketching technique – primarily by doing more gesture drawing. Going to Art College In 2002-2003 I went toRead more…
I think it was someone like film director James Cameron who was once quoted as saying, “People call me a perfectionist, but I’m not. I am a rightist. I do something until it is right, then I move on to the next thing.” Ha. IRead more…
