I have started writing my arts council funding application and as part of the pre-application research I have been sending… Read more Preparations and Conversations…

These two posts were read by someone in Germany this week. When I look at my website stats I often… Read more Playful and political…

I usually do a review of the year that is a bit of a list of what I’ve done. A… Read more Not a review of 2025, more a preview of 2026…

Keeping the faith… I knew that if I just kept going, something would turn up, but, as time went on,… Read more Clarity and perseverance…

I’ve been talking about the haptic aspects of my work… …relating to the sense of touch, in particular relating to… Read more Fingertips…

It is amazing the effect a small idea can have on my general demeanour and feelings of well-being! What it… Read more A nugget of loveliness on the horizon…?

Blog writing has been a bit sparse of late. It has been a weird year, so far, and the work… Read more Everything was better in the olden days…

I’m now back from Devon, and three days of songwriting with MC. I am feeling tired, but satisfied, and inspired.… Read more Words, Music and Incidental chatting…

I am making some things and trying things out, but at the moment the making seems inconsequential, exploratory. I am… Read more Eclecticism as practice…

I’ve been reading Faith, Hope and Carnage, a book of interview/conversation between the songwriter and musician Nick Cave, and journalist… Read more Friendship, Faith and Geography…