What other creative outlets do I have? I’ve tried painting with acrylics, but that dried up (ho ho!), then I passed on all my kit. Playing trombone’s fun, but I’m ever so rusty, and I need to start from scratch. Worth doing though, I love the idea of playing in music sessions. It’s not creative…
If photography’s to be a creative outlet and perhaps make money, what do I need to do? I suppose there’s the aspect of understanding that creativity and money making don’t always go hand in hand – often the money-making turns the creative activity instead into an assembly line. Consider the ides of making stock photos…
This was while I was in my third year at university, some time in the first term. I was then (as now) not much for being with people. Not through lack of desire, but through lack of social ability and confidence. Actually, that’s a bit like now as well. I’d been asked round to dinner…
This is a very lazy post, it’s a cut and paste of one I made three years ago. Why am I saying/doing this? Because it shows how I felt *then*. Here goes: I am an enormous fan of the NHS. Why? A few examples of how I’ve personally benefited from the NHS: Both parents…
I’d been off work for a while. Actually, I’d not really had a proper job since leaving university, and while I was sort-of content to freeload at home, I also knew I needed to get on with getting a job. I was at a “Get Some Work” type of set of workshops set up by…
I’ve not drunk alcohol in over seven years now. I’ve a long and not entirely brilliant relationship with alcohol, but I’m incredibly glad I broke it off before it became actively harmful. I still have mild pangs, wishes to taste a really good hoppy beer, or a rich red wine, but no, it’s not something…
I remember my first analysis session, although I didn’t know what it was at the time. I was in the final year of middle school (so about ten?), and I was asked to take my desk drawer to a room near the school office. I think assumed I was in some sort of trouble, as…
Hayfever. Thankfully I never suffered from hayfever as a young’un, but as old age creeps up on me I’ve noticed the introduction of a few of the symptoms. Hits me in London, as I enter Bloomsbury where the plane trees abound. Anyway, this is mild, really really mild. Itchy eyes, tickly throat, stingy nose. I’ve…
A current piece of news is of the convictions of a couple of people responsible (through gross negligence) of the death of a seven year old girl. I can hardly imagine the sheer hell of watching my daughter being swept away to her death before me, as happened in this case. A similar thing happened…
Thank you to Mr Hollins. I’m afraid you’re not with us any more, but you gave me a Sunday morning gardening job when I was at 6th form. It was well paid, enjoyable, and I learned a lot. I still enjoy gardening, and I reckon this is down to you. Thank you, I only wish…