January 2011

I’ve had a very productive night writing, and have just got to the scene that I’ve been working towards for a while and looking forward to writing – the one where the leaf and litter monster rears up out of…

14:01 likes productive lunchtime breaks. Another 1½ pages done and closer to the end of part two… #MrTumnal #writing #TheNovel # 16:29 knows that this one is a contentious issue, but in my view coordinators with a hyphen really does…

10:54 thinks that Murray is doing okay in his FIRST Grand Slam Final considering the amount of negative energy coming from the commentary box! # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

23:27 writes about the conflict of interests that I have; a yearning for simpler ways of life v. my need for an internet life bit.ly/feLFli # 00:56 has a #litterkwitter update. At leaast 2 confirmed cases of usage of full…

Imagine, for a moment what’s worse than a claustrophobic house of mirrors. Now imagine, an ever-changing, moving house of mirrors. Kathryn and Louis have entered a ride at the (in all but in name) St Giles fair, a ride that…

Found on an old VHS tape, my honours project video from 1993. It’s a curious piece – got good marks though and was viewed by a capacity crowd! Featuring Sophie Bradbury, Soula Carmichael, Thomas Shepherd and the music of Ian…

12:50 wonders why some people still think double spaces and spaced punctuation is really neat idea? #typesetting # 15:31 …and why would you still think that putting a full stop after Dr is a good idea. It’s not an abbreviation,…

What am I? A writer, an artist, a photographer and a web designer? I love the technology of the twenty-first century, and indeed I feel absolutely at home with online journals, blogging, the twittersphere and every aspect of social networking….

14:15 imagines what’s worse than a claustrophobic house of mirrors; an ever-changing, moving house of mirrors… #thefair #writing #MrTumnal # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

10:38 wonders whether British Gas would ever have told me the date of my boiler’s annual service if I hadn’t have phoned them to ask? #utilityfail # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

11:56 wonders what is one of your smallest pleasures, that makes you super happy? via @rosietratt # 12:20 : if nothing else this demonstrates that the UK gov is cutting for ideological not austerity purposes bbc.in/hjWGJD Welcome to 1981.. #…

The spiralling, circling Scorpion ride flung the fair-goers down into the crowd before casting them up towards the high,fifteenth century, turreted walls of the colleges. Lights flashed and swirled and music loomed out of speakers from every ride. Kathryn dodged…

18:27 Anyone know what that fairground ride is where you spin round and round in circles, and each set of seating are on arms that spin round? # 20:05 has written to my MP to ask them to vote to…

It took me a while to get stuck into my writing tonight, but I’ve come out of the other side of the evening with another couple of pages written and mind in the midst of the fair. Thanks to all…

15:57 has seen my first Bittern today at @wwtlondon. Very exciting! 🙂 # 22:33 is dreaming of a future in closeup… www.jessops.com/online.store/products/66332/show.html #photography #dslr # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

When we woke today to cold and grey and general mizzle, the idea of going for a day out to the Facebook group meetup at WWT London for a show’n’tell of nature photography. We had pictures from as far away…

09:32 imagines a university town on the edge of the Cotswolds with trams and metros to hop on and hop off… on.fb.me/frAugM #writing # 10:04 would like my publishing friends to imagine finishing work on sunny Friday pm; hopping on…

Across last weekend and the early part of this week the words were pouring out of my pen onto the page and my novel was making swift progress. More down being busy with other things than anything else, but in…

20:12 would like you to take a minute to write to your local council improve support for people with autism… bit.ly/dO580E # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

14:09 is reading about the Saxon heritage of Bicester… www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/30163/8795616 #bicester #archaeology # 22:05 : and so the training starts here. How many cats can you get to do their business in a toilet? Our new #LitterKwitter bit.ly/bdaZEH # Automatically…