March 2005

It seems Channel 4 are screening an adaptation of The Wizzard of Earthsea over the easter weekend. Now previously they did a brilliant Gulliver’s Travels and indeed their Alice Through The Looking Glass was good, but their Merlin was dreadful…

Plantation Originally uploaded by shepline on 21 Mar ’05, 12.10pm PST. Stumbling into this small plantation of populars, in the mysteriousness of the early morning mist, I felt like I was in a scene from Indocine and that men would…

Shrouded in mist Originally uploaded by shepline on 21 Mar ’05, 12.10pm PST.

Daffodils Originally uploaded by shepline on 21 Mar ’05, 12.10pm PST. The simplicity of the design. It works for me.

Quietly woodland… Originally uploaded by shepline on 21 Mar ’05, 12.10pm PST.

Amazon.com sent me an email today suggesting a book that I may want, and, indeed I do! The sequel to the excellent Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot : Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality…

“There’s no visual effects in this movie,” Gunnarsson says. “We’re going back to pre-Jurassic Park filmmaking.” Though they will use prosthetics and makeup, he says, “it’s all being done with real actors and real action bound by the laws of…

Move along there, there’s nothing to see… Eclectic links posted for my own needs when doing research. Grímsvatnagos Eruption 2004 http://www.raunvis.hi.is/~mtg/04gv/gv2004.htm http://www.vatnajokull.com/news.html Skaftafellsstofa Visitor Centre http://english.ust.is/Skaftafellnationalpark/

In a recent post tinyjo gave us this handy (now abridged) motto: You just can’t rely on people to pick up the subtle signs you think you’re broadcasting so if they’re bugging you, say something. Do it politely, and be…

kattullus tells me via grapefruitmoon that the Icelandic band Írafár that I like are actually far from cool. Ah well I think, maybe it sounds different in a language you can’t understand? Anyway it brings me round to saying that…

Tonight I joined one of my compatriots from the Sports and Social Committee and nine other people from work to see the opening night of Starlight Express – The 3rd Dimension, on its tour to Oxford. And it was great!…

Elves and Trolls And here I have a problem. Whenever I tell people about my novel, Blood & Fire, and whenever I try and tell people about my novel, even after I say its set in Iceland, when I say…

And here’s an idea. It came during an IM conversation with karen2205… …would it be possible to write a novel contained solely within the confines of the dedication piece before a novel. It’s an interesting idea. Maybe one day I…

Well, when the weekend began I had intended to, whilst spending a goodly amount of time with my new camera, devote lots of time to writing my novel and to making a start on Kelly’s website. I must now take…

tumulus set me a challenge on Friday night to take a picture of Oxford paving. The idea scared and befuddled me, but today I went into Oxford, where the sun was shining amongst the cold air, and some inspiration struck….

Leaf on cobbles Originally uploaded by shepline on 6 Mar ’05, 10.00am PST.