On inspiration

Posted on Feb 5, 2021

As I type this, it’s bucketing down with rain. Again. Really I shouldn’t be surprised. It is February after all. And interminable soggy greyness is what February does best. It’s just that the greyness coupled with the sameness of...

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On beginning

Posted on Jan 15, 2021

Happy New Year! Boy, am I glad to see the back of 2020, although I think we can all agree that the beginning of 2021...

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On light in the dark

Posted on Dec 18, 2020

Here we are again, at yet another Christmas. I don’t know quite how this happens so quickly. It seems like only...

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On distraction

Posted on Nov 20, 2020

Folks, I confess to being distracted… distracted by a sudden burst of creativity that has taken me somewhat by...

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On imagining

Posted on Oct 16, 2020

Now that I am looking for a new home, all the delights of planning and designing and DIYing are ahead of me. It’s my...

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On moving on

Posted on Sep 25, 2020

Folks, I’ve done it. The Flat and I have finally parted ways. Moved not quite to where I want to be as the perfect...

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On colour confidence

Posted on Aug 21, 2020

Said she, “Ah, you look like a canary.” And perhaps maybe I did, for I was dressed in yellow almost but not quite...

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On leaping

Posted on Jul 24, 2020

I've just written 150 words on being Better at…, a challenge set by David Hieatt of Hiut Denim. They don’t just make...

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On silver linings

Posted on Jul 3, 2020

Folks, I am sorely disappointed. I have just learned that Decorex, my favourite interior design exhibition, has been...

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On not going out

Posted on Jun 12, 2020

I had promised myself I would not do it. Not overtly at least. But there comes a point when something has just got to be...

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