I was up in town on Monday, you will have read about that earlier with my Saul Leiter references but with the passage of time and the motion and orbits of the firmament moving rapidly on I could not help but notice how much lighter it was at ‘Pink Pansy’ compared to a month ago […]
Steamed up and creative
I had to go up to town yesterday for a meeting with the Rooftop Collective. We meet once per month to discuss our artistic progression and business management. Yesterday’s topic was about email lists and marketing ourselves. I had bounced down to the station in high spirits having had a very productive session with another […]
Time travel
Last Sunday afternoon I had to trek across country for work. Normally I travel into London and out when going to Birmingham but with all the disruption we face every weekend on the Norwich to London line whilst work goes on at Shenfield for Cross Rail, the only option was cross country through the Fens. […]
Gallery romping
I had to go up to town earlier this week so I took the opportunity to look in a few galleries; Photographer’s Gallery – but by the time I got there I’d just missed the the last show until March by 12 hours Beetles & Huxley for Joel Sternfield GX Gallery for Nicolas Laborie’s collodian […]
Some things stay the same
I have previously mentioned my commuting days and recently posted a gallery of my Old Buffers. Well, last night I was up in town for the first 2017 meeting of The Rooftop Collective and as is my want and indeed the learned practice of getting the train before the train that gets me in on […]
One of the bluest days
I’ve read some stuff lately about the ancients not having a word to describe blue. How much of this is true I do not know but blue does encompass quite a wide part of the spectrum and is a colour I am drawn to. Something else I am drawn to is a bag of chips […]
Old Buffers
There was a time when I travelled in and out of many rail termini in the UK that I would see hydraulic buffers at the business end of the platform that were cast in Ipswich. Ransomes were all over the place. These days I have noticed a distinct lack of these old buffers with contraptions […]
Up the swanny
I often wonder where phrases emanate from and have done so for as long as I can remember. Language is a curious thing especially when taken out of context or in cases where the context is misunderstood. Coming from up North, my expressions can still confuse people who have known me down South for the […]
The sands of time. 21st Century meets Pliocene
A few months back Mrs O and I trundled up to our local beach resort of choice – Southwold. Now, apart from knitting and stuff Mrs O likes nothing better than books so she looks forward to ‘Ways with Words’. It usually coincides with Remembrance Sunday and weather permitting (it did not in 2015) I […]
The mists of time and in the midst of idiots
The scariness and idiocy of driving standards in thick fog this week has left me speechless. I am glad that I have not had to venture out much onto the highways of England this week but it was always driving in thick fog that scared the bejeezus out of me primarily on account of other […]