What’s this blog all about?? First posted 3 Jan 2012 BBC Theme – Portraits A self-portrait is a personal representation of your own appearance, or your ‘self’. Usually produced in picture form, a self portrait can be a painting, drawing, photo or any number of other mediums that exist. In a self-portrait the artist has…
Autumn mushrooms & planning ahead
There are mushrooms popping up everywhere, and the conkers are ready. It’s autumn, despite the warm temperatures, and my mind always starts to think about the year ahead at work. I can’t believe we’re almost in 2019. There’s lots going on, and thankfully our planning is more comprehensive this year. As a team we’re getting used to…
Notes on 52000words #2
I found this article more difficult. I wasn’t inspired by the topic, and as such I had to do a lot more reading to come up with something that I was inspired to write about. I think this is reflected in the slightly flighty nature of the article. I found that I was interested in…
52000words Week #2 – A Very Modern Christmas
What’s this blog all about?? First Posted 24 Dec 2011 BBC Theme: Christmas Like most things, Christmas is a mixture of cultures, ideas and beliefs. The modern Christmas in the UK is a blend of old Norse and secular traditions, pagan solstice, imported foods and a celebration of the “birth” of Jesus. Literally Christmas is…
Allotment to Happen
It turns out my allotment blog was really just a bunch of pictures charting my progress on a small scrubby plot in Leeds. I’m not going to transfer any of the posts across. But i will start to tag things about our garden plot on this blog, and I might post some pictures. Because pictures…
52000 Words. Notes on #1
First posted 19 Dec 2011 Phew, I’ve done my first article for the 52000 words blog. It’s a bit scrappy and rushed, but i hope that this task will allow me to improve my copy and proof reading as well as my writing. As I’ve just moved and didn’t have any internet it meant that…
52000 Words #1 – Absolute Zero – Now that’s chilly.
What’s this blog all about?? First posted 19 December 2011 BBC Theme – Chilly Absolute zero is the temperature at which all thermal energy is removed from a molecule. Absolute zero really is very chilly! Actually it’s −273.15 °C. But how did the study of temperature, heat and the field of thermodynamics begin? How did…
52000 Words – Introduction
First Posted on: 1 December 2011 I have been inspired to challenge myself as a writer. The inspiration has come from photographer Wil Clarkson and his project bbc52. I am aiming to write a 1000 word article on the theme set by the BBC weekly photo competition, 1000 words a week every week for 52 weeks. 52000 words The themes…
I have too many blogs
I am going to start posting old blogs here, so they are all in one place. I’ll make it so they are clear where they came from though. There will be categories too. #Metadata There are three old blogs that I no longer update, and I want to keep the content somewhere where I can…
Summer holidays
Everyone’s talking about the heatwave here in the UK and around the world, it sure is hot. It’s making me very sleepy. My last post was just before I accepted an offer on the Northern house, I think the sale is going through smoothly. I keep chasing the estate agents for updates. No news is good…
Warm weather and a warm heart
It’s June, and it’s starting to warm up here. Finally. Work is super busy, and I am still trying to sell my house up north. It’s been a massive faff. I really hoping that it sells quickly this time, and that I don’t have to worry about it or pay the bills anymore. This weekend…
You live with your parents????
Yes, right. Well I covered this in my last post. But there are other reasons why it’s actually a great idea…. I like my parents. We have similar hobbies, we get on well and I like being around them to help out when needed. Plus, they clean the house whilst I am out at work….
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