My daughter Saga (4) stroked my hair and kissed my forehead when I lay on the sofa, bone-tired and with a stomach ache. Visiting my mum and finding she'd bought soya milk for me to have with my tea. (I haven't had cow's milk in a long while, and even the smell these days is… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #18 – Four Things I’m Grateful For Today
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100 Days Of Blogging #17 – World Book Day Was Always Disappointing When I Was A Kid
I remember being so excited about World Book Day as a kid. At school we would all get a book token worth one pound, which we could take to a local bookshop and exchange for a book which had, if I remember correctly, been written especially for the event. The books were always shit, year… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #17 – World Book Day Was Always Disappointing When I Was A Kid
100 Days Of Blogging #16 – Hlyd Monath
The Anglo-Saxons called March 'Hlyd Monarth', which means 'loud' or 'stormy month.' And I can confirm that March, 1,600 years later, continues to be stormy. The rain didn't stop all day, and the clouds were some of the most ominous I've ever seen, but I had this unusual lightness about myself. I'm looking forward to… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #16 – Hlyd Monath
100 Days Of Blogging #15 – The Last Day Of Winter
I've only just realised that it's the last day of winter. That isn't like me. That isn't like me at all. Usually, I'm counting down the days with dread, wishing the cold season would just hang on and then some. But this winter has left me confused, worried and upset. I don't know what to… Continue reading 100 Days Of Blogging #15 – The Last Day Of Winter
100 Days Of Blogging #13 – I Was Up At 5.30Am To Shoot My Friend
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
100 Days Of Blogging #12 – Some Good Things I Did For Myself Today
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
100 Days Of Blogging #11 – Three Things You Should Seek Out If You Have Also Had ‘A Day’
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’
100 Days Of Blogging #10 – A Moor Of Her Own
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
100 Days Of Blogging #8 – The Universe Is Made Of Stories
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
100 Days Of Blogging #7 – Some Things That Have Been Pissing Me Off
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
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 