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So I go and see a film of a book of a blog of a book, about women finding their loves of words and men and food… a brilliantly written screenplay to boot… and come home inspired to write.
“I am a writer” says Amy Adams/Julie at the end of the film.
I feel like I’ve [...]
It seems apt that my first post since the US election be today, 20th January 2009, as Barack Obama is inaugurated into the office of the President of the United States Of America.
For it is in America that I still find myself; here in Nashville, living and loving to the best of my ability.
So why [...]
Here’s a clip my lovely sister forwarded on to me. Watch through to the end. Laugh, and then… well I’ve cried every time I’ve watched it.
2402
… how, with only 20 houses on my new street, our number can be 2402?
From Bananie’s site…
MeMe Mosaic
Here’s the meme:
If you want to play too, type your answer to each of the questions below into a Flickr search. Using only the first page, choose your favorite image, then copy and paste each of the URL’s into the mosaic maker (3 columns, 4 rows) – I regularly use this one. [...]
Here in sweet Nashville, Tennessee there has been a ‘gas crisis’. That is, about 10 days ago every station in the city and its surrounding areas ran out of petrol.
Seriously. They ALL ran out.
As Thomas said, it was like being back in the 1970s. Queues needing a police marshal, arguments, fights… all CRAZY. I had [...]
Possibly the best thing ever.
I’ve spent the last 10 days in a constant state of being slightly overwhlemed. Happiness, surprise, comfort, thankfulness, grace and hope have englufled me in a fragile and beautiful mist. My smile might slip from my face only to sneak back a minute later; how can this be happening?
Last night, instead of returning to normality as I’d expected, my [...]
And still the words don’t come.
Thing is, that’s not exactly true. I’m still as dramatically verbose on iChat, at work, and with my wee reviews as I ever was. It just seems to be here, on my beloved blog, where inspiration fails me.
I click open Firefox and see my blue and yellow banner. I see [...]
blooming early
It’s been a while, eh? Sorry about that.
Writing has been done. Photos have been taken. Time has been spent. Songs have been sung. Hearts have been searched. Poetry has been read.
Here’s a few photos I’ve taken…
Danny Goffey from Supergrass in the 6 Music Hub
My brother and niece, Easter Monday
Our [...]
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 [...]
Floating Up
These lanterns-of-lights have hung above Oxford Circus since the run up to Chinese New Year. There’s something about the quality of light at the moment that makes them clear and oh so beautiful.
As I walk beneath them every night to get onto the tube home, I give them my day. Release it [...]
Half-drunk
My facebook status this morning announced that I was feeling subdued. Subjude, perhaps. Mike R’s wonderful response was the title of this post. Oh… the joy of being out-punned.
I find myself in a season of waiting: I am truly living in the now but not yet, and, at the same time, [...]
two hearts
It’s unspurprising to blog about love today, but it’s something that’s been on my mind a lot lately. It’s dawned on me, in a scales-falling-from-my-eyes kind of way just how well loved I am. When typing that it seems like the most arrogant of statements, but I don’t mean it in a “Woo! Get [...]
Yeah… so the hours turn into days turn into weeks and there’s no blog. It’s partly due to being distracted by life (a good thing) and partly the age-old bloggers favourite of finally having something that spins words into gold, and not being either willing or able to share them on a public forum.
Suffice [...]
I’ve been here for 7 days then. Confusions with the new camera and the new laptop has slowed down my ability to upload photos and I wanted to wait till I had something to show yous I guess…
So much has been packed into a week. More than ever on this trip I [...]
Late last year on the Saturday morning show, Adam played the audio of this classic clip from Woody Allen’s Manhattan. If you haven’t seen it, Woody’s character, in a massive effort to be optimistic, lists the things that make life worth living… including Groucho Marx, Louis Armstong’s Potato Head Blues and ‘Tracy’s Face’.Listening [...]
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