(Forgive my hands having a ‘Titanic’ moment against the glass!) In a word: beautiful.
It’s always been the way: you drink, you fall asleep, catching the zzz’s as blissfully as the green sheep by his bush, only to wake up an hour later really awake. As you lay there a rat trap goes off suddenly in the roof and you think, that’s it, I’m getting up. It’s what I…
I’m continuing the cooking theme this week by posting one of my favourite recipes and I emphasise a word in the title: easy. I’ve had it banked in my drafts for a long time and it’s as well I did: thanks to our renovations the hand-written scrap of paper it was originally on has been…
Quite by chance this week is going to be food-themed. I have some girlfriends coming over for lunch on Wednesday and (as usual) I am fretting a little at the prospect of betraying my poor cooking skills to those I regard. But I’m sure it will be fabulous! As is the below: If you recall,…
After my fall last year I made a resolution to buy a pair of sensible – but cute – sandals and ended up buying these from ECCO: … and have been more than happy ever since. They are supremely comfortable. I think it’s getting around that I have a bit of a love affair with shoes. So you can imagine…
I’ve been in a reading slump so far this year. It hurts to admit, but it’s true. I don’t know why either. I could make the usual excuses: being busy, too distracted, not finding the right book. I won’t though – or not the last excuse, at least. ‘Not finding the right book’ is simply…
Miscellaneous Press receives regular unsolicited submissions, pitches, and examples of illustrator art and portfolios. These are generally made with careful attention paid to professionalism and courtesy. An exception to this is an email I received last month which said, ‘I see you haven’t published anything in over a year. Why so slow? Are you even…
My mother arrived in town today, back from holidaying in China with my sister. Naturally, she brought presents. These are clever, woven paper hats for the kids. I couldn’t resist a try-on. (Gary Oldman t-shirt, FTW) We’ll be spending the next few days relaxing, unwinding into the school holidays. I’ve been looking forward to them….
Thanks to our lacklustre summer, the tomatoes which got a flying start have been left on the vines… waiting. Waiting for the sun which didn’t get hot. The shots are the top are of Adam’s roma tomato vine. It went mad, clearing the cage, the fence, to reach the ground over at the neighbour’s. You…
The truth is I am tired of poetry and the pathology of its need to altar a scene. Anthony Lawrence After dusting and with a quick update (these kids are growing up, goddamn) the photos in our lounge area have been returned to the wall. I’m sitting at the dining table before them now, tilting…
It’s been about six months since my Kindle first arrived. I should say at the off I’ve only finished reading three novels on it so far – Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, Emma Donoghue’s Room, and Justin Cronin’s The Passage – though I hasten to add that I have over twenty other sample chapters in my library….
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