The last time I was up at such a cruel hour was when I waited overnight at Manchester Airport for a flight to Iceland. It was the same as before that…and the time before that. (Hell, EasyJet, PLEASE CHANGE YOUR GODDAMN FLIGHT TIMES. I can't while away another night in the bleakest airport ever built.)… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #13 – I Was Up At 5.30Am To Shoot My Friend
Some Good Things I Did For Myself Today Finding the right way to say everything isn't alright is hard. So I'm just going to put the first part of a message I wrote to a friend earlier today because it sort of sums up what's going on with me at this point in time: Life is… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #12 – Some Good Things I Did For Myself Today
Today has been a day. But I want to cast these things out to you in case you, too, have just had ‘a day,’ and need something to haul your head back into at least a semi-good mood. Greg Davies: The Back Of My Mum’s Head I thought this was a new stand-up show from… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #11 – Three Things You Should Seek Out If You Have Also Had ‘A Day’
I went up into the hills today. It was unseasonably sunny, so not ideal photo weather…but I was feeling inspired as fuck and couldn’t stay inside. I was expecting to see HORDES of walkers on my wanderings because of the summer-like weather in winter. But, to my absolute delight, I saw not a soul. It… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #10 – A Moor Of Her Own
I've had many obscure (or perfectly understandable...you decide) crushes over my lifetime. Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing from the anime Hellsing, Storm from the X-Men cartoon, the dad from Casper, the dad from The Secret Garden, Kristoff from Frozen, and the valkyrie from The Northman, to name but a few. So it doesn't phase me to admit I have a thing for… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #9 – I Have A Thing For The Mermaid From The Lighthouse
This afternoon, I started putting together a post about the mermaid from Robert Egger's masterpiece, The Lighthouse. But then I went to visit my mother, and my attention was drawn to a notebook lying around that she's had for as long as I can remember. This notebook, to be exact. She's never written in it, but I became engrossed… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #8 – The Universe Is Made Of Stories
Being afraid every time I need to call my doctors surgery to make an appointment. This has been happening for some time, but it's been worsening recently. I have a few things going on health-wise (physically and mentally), so I try to stay very in tune with my body and mind. (Or so I like… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #7 – Some Things That Have Been Pissing Me Off
Oh hell. This growing older thing is freaking. me. out. I was having a good day until it smacked me in the face that I'm nearly forty. And I just got really scared. But I'm not here tonight to talk about the terrible speed at which I'm approaching middle age. Who needs that on a Sunday, right?… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #6 – Bites From A Few Books
I like to make props for my photography. These self-portraits are from a couple of years ago (though just edited for the first time the other night) and feature some demonic fingers I crafted using silver foil, masking tape and black paint. These fingers were some of the first props I made and while I've… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #5 – She Creeps
I've been visiting my parents, and today, upon rummaging through one of their bookcases, I found a notebook of mine, gifted to me from them back in 2009. It's sparsely filled, predominantly because it's oddly shaped, so, awkward to write in. But also because, being a fucking massive colour snob, I snubbed it because it's… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #4 – Writing Is Why I Do My Life
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 