After my week in the lovely Orkney Isles, I’ve spent most days in the studio at Waldringfield Boatyard, catching up with ‘stuff’. I’ve even managed to paint a picture or two… dabbling with acrylics for a change, inbetween doing ‘proper’ jobs: These are small squares of board which get paint splashed on them at random…. continue reading »
There’s a whole new generation of backpackers doing the rounds of hostels in wild places. I’m currently in Stromness, Orkney, with friend Anne, and we shared a room last night with an elderly energetic Australian artist/poet on walkabout and a retired American backpacker who joined us today for a long walk up a big cliff continue reading »
I did it; said goodbye to the river, to damp duvets and the curlew’s cry. I moved off the boat and into a small flat so I am now in winter mode, turning inwards and facing every creative’s dilemma – the pull of what you feel inspired to do versus the pull of what you continue reading »
Seasickness and vertigo can have different causes, but the symptoms have much in common. I am prone to both, and whilst living on a farm in Wales is a good cure for the former, there is nothing to be done when vertigo strikes except to lie on the sofa trying to stop your eyeballs moving. continue reading »
I’ve never had much to do with sheep. My life so far has failed to equip me to deal with the problem of how to drive a car down a farm track through a field with a gate at each end to keep a flock of sheep where they’re meant to be. Opening the first continue reading »