a travelling encyclopedia

I prepared a suitcase full of pattern and colour to take with me to Mexico. Coals to Newcastle you might think.

local royalty

There were no buses coming our way; as I stood chatting with a hopeful co-passenger an extraordinary procession approached from the other side. Up the hill came six plumed white horses pulling a white glass-sided carriage.

some sweet uses of adversity

The other weekend I went back to school; at least, I became a student again, trying to understand and get to grips with some of the techniques of mono-printing. I loved it.

through the lookbackroscope

It’s quite a few days since the turn of the year, and even more since Christmas; I hope you had good times and I wish you a productive and peaceful 2016, full of new thoughts and projects.

pattern’s in the air

A lot’s happened since I last wrote – where to begin? I’ll start at the finish.

across a crowded room

No use pretending otherwise – I’ve fallen in love three times in as many weeks.

spring forward

Until this time last year I had never once applied for a job.