random acts of senseless beauty

Lizzie and Claudia
These girls are the reason I happily give up my Friday evenings to hang out with 11 – 15 year olds. The eldest pair in my youth group, Lizzie and Claudia are best friends, or sisters from another mister as they say. The best thing is that they include me in [...]

Treasu(red)
Wonderful H in Los Angeles has sent all five of our fabulous group of girls matching shirts. They speak assurance to ourselves and also mean that, when needed, we can show solidarity in our uniforms, however great the physical distance between us.
I’m at the end of a few days at home, using up leave [...]

MGMT@ICA
After a significant dry spell this week brought a hatrick of live music.
Tuesday night was Mr Lawson’s Solo Bass Night at Darbuka. Yolanda Charles and Steve were both brilliant, and wonderfully different from each other. Yolanda is the most amazingly funky woman, and was beautifully nervous considering the kind of gigs she’s done [...]

I’ve got this week off and am using it to get done the big writing piece I’m in the middle of. Well, that I’m meant to be in the middle of but am barely getting started on.
My head is full today with a mixture of big questions about life, mediocre household [...]

Waterlily House, Kew. Sept ‘07
The burden of the semi-professional procrastinator is the absence of guilt-free down time. There is always something you’re meant to be doing.
Tonight, after a long, busy but good day at work, and even though I have writing waiting to be done, I allowed myself some time to just be.
I called [...]