I heart my dog
Last April I got a three month old labradoodle from the RSPCA. Today she is a year old and she is the best thing ever. The photo above perfectly captures one aspect of Izzy’s personality, she can be very calm, thoughtful and observant. On the other hand she can tear around like a loon and … Read more
Ringer
Ex-prostitute, crime-witnessing, recovering alcoholic girl escapes crazy life in police protection to visit her twin sister, twin sister commits suicide and girl assumes dead twin’s identity. Except that twin wasn’t really dead and now the FBI are after girl, her ‘dead’ sister has sent thugs after her, she’s having an affair with her best friend’s … Read more
Sketchbooks
The Usher Gallery in Lincoln is currently hosting this engrossing exhibition of sketchbooks. Worth a visit if, like me, you love the voyeurism of rummaging through someone else’s creative process, just make sure you have plenty of time to spare.
Work/space
The recent need to work from home due to extreme weather shutting down the UK transport system has prompted me to consider my workspace. I have the enviable position of being able to do my job almost entirely from home – through remote access, email and telephone – under these circumstances, but does a change … Read more
Snow in Lincoln
I know it is shameful when a little bit of snow brings this country to a halt, but in the past few days we have had more snow in Lincoln than I’ve ever seen fall at one time, and it’s still coming down!
Can reading make you happy?
This article on the BBC news site today makes some interesting points about access to wisdom and the value of libraries as free repositories of knowledge. I am certainly of the belief that reading is important. But can it make us happy? It is like the point Alain de Botton makes in his book, The … Read more
Launching my new site
So, I have been building a new website to showcase some of my personal work. So far it hasn’t actually got the portfolio section done – so my work will be on various social networking sites. You can visit the new site here or you can see my commercial work at www.ideafuel.co.uk Ps. Alfie has … Read more
What’s up with Alfie?
Since Alfie came to live with me, nearly four weeks ago, I have been keeping a record of his progress. He is a young cat who has never lived in a home with people before and is therefore very nervous about pretty much everything. He’s spent a lot of time hiding, but he’s beginning to … Read more
On food and eating
A Guardian article on the British obsession with Italian cookery got me thinking about why I love Italian food. If I had to choose a favourite cuisine it would be Italian. Apart from the obvious – the taste – what is it about Italian food that so darn great? It’s easy, it’s the passion. Italian … Read more
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