On hope

Posted on Dec 6, 2019

I love Christmas. Is that a cool or uncool thing to say? I love everything about it. Well, not the Christmas songs. I could do without the songs. But everything else, especially the food. I start planning my Christmas menu/s just after...

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On a masterclass in colour

Posted on Nov 22, 2019

I first came across Dahlias in my ex mother-in-law's garden. She had a beautiful herbaceous border just outside the...

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On the wonder of Wonderful Things

Posted on Nov 8, 2019

Sitting in my sitting room is a comfort of cushions awaiting their moment in the spotlight. I have invested in a super...

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On learning to snorkel

Posted on Oct 25, 2019

I am not a confident swimmer. My mother won medals for swimming when she was a girl and although she was keen that my...

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On the right decision

Posted on Oct 11, 2019

I have never been too sure how I feel about Gaugain. I very much like his use of bold, flat colour and dark contours but...

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On the perfect orange

Posted on Sep 27, 2019

There was I, toing and froing, and froing and toing, in an effort to discern whether the colours on my tablet were...

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On resistance

Posted on Sep 13, 2019

I hadn’t given it a name. I knew it existed of course. Who could not who has ever tried something new. I had thought...

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On measuring up

Posted on Aug 30, 2019

It wouldn’t fit. It wouldn’t fit no matter which way it was turned, angled or cajoled. It resolutely would not fit....

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On edge

Posted on Aug 16, 2019

I am sitting on my sofa surrounded by stuff… nearly all my stuff. I have a lot of stuff, mostly art works but I will...

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On allegory

Posted on Aug 2, 2019

Tucked away in the corner of gallery VII of the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition is an image of a peacock in a...

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