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Things that I have done:   Watched the clouds Helped carry the lamp through the city Forgotten my wallet Stood close to art four exhibitions Laughed out loud Spoken with strangers Chatted with friends Been to the sauna Walked on […]

After a period of reflection… or should that really be during a period of reflection, I find hidden amongst it all, a reason to carry on doing what I am doing. By that, I mean to not be worried about […]

It has been a cold and very windy week, with frequent heavy showers. So it has not only restricted time on site but also been difficult to keep warm. Where the archaeologists are mainly in the relative shelter of the […]

Rest.  I have been in constant motion for the last year – barely a day has passed where I have not had something to do, somewhere to be.  Now I am at rest … resting … it feels essential.  Returning […]

I’m currently living in a hiatus. Having decided we must downsize to a smaller home, the current financial/political climate has caused the property market to stall making a potential move substantially unlikely.  The upheaval potential of a change of lifestyle […]

There’s a slipway that I can access the river by, saving me the walk along the Thames. Once again I silently blessed my friend for her waders as, stepping off the side of the ramp (the submerged bit looked too […]

Skanör, Skåne Yesterday at the beach I sketched the leaden cloud … clouds … that filled the sky and hung heavily over the sea.  Did I sketch because I wanted to or because I felt that I should?  Intellectually I […]

Charcoal seems to me the most suitable medium for the plant drawings. I like its crumbly fragility, making each mark vulnerable and susceptible. You can smudge it, move it around, make it incredibly black and dense or barely a whisper. […]

Having torn up my plan last week I have now decided to not only concentrate on what appeals but, realising that people are my primary interest, to focus on human activity. This brings me back to the original purpose of […]

Yesterday I laughed out loud, several times, in a gallery … I can’t remember the last time that I did that.  The show, a retrospective: Roman Signer at Malmö konsthall. I ’kind of knew’ his work … from some group/thematic […]

Some better weather and I’ve torn up my plan. Having tried to make a list of things to do, which was beginning to make me anxious, it seemed sensible to simply go out on site and record, both visually and […]