Hey guys, just a quick note to say thanks to everyone who's followed or read my blog, which I've kept from 2006-2013. It's been a fun journey having that blog-shaped space to fill.&nbs&helli…Read More
I am the queen of breakups. I realised this 2 years ago when I first came to live 'out in the sticks'. I was licking my wounds after an awful split, the one that seemed like it was splittin… Read More
I've been doing a 30 day detox since 6 January. It's the same one I did last February, but this time I'm sticking to the rules a lot better (at all). As this version is not so restrictiv… Read More
I've been doing a 30 day detox since 6 January. It's the same one I did last February, but this time I'm sticking to the rules a lot better (at all). As this version is not so restrictiv… Read More
First stop, Bristol hack space who showed me how to tweet on a really old computer called twitbeeb (i thought it was a typewriter!). It was great to watch peoples reaction to the 30 year old… Read More
So this was my third big bike ride as part of my training for Brighton to Paris, which I'm doing to raise funds for Brighton-based charity AudioActive. We started out on the Lewes… Read More
So this was my third big bike ride as part of my training for Brighton to Paris, which I'm doing to raise funds for Brighton-based charity AudioActive. We started out on the Lewes… Read More
Many of you saw me get into the whole marathon thing last year, with a half in Brighton and a full one in Berlin, both for charity.
Well this year, I'm shaking things up a bit and I'm throw… Read More
Right, so in the past week I managed to last for four whole days of what is, from what I'm learning, one of the toughest detoxes to undertake. It was a single glass of premeditated prosecco… Read More
When you're looking for recipes that are not part of a more mainstream diet, such as the BBC Food, Delia or Jamie Oliver type of fare, you quickly begin to feel like you're exploring a stran… Read More
Bar staff serving up shots, Sticky Mike's Frog Bar, Brighton, 2012. Photo by Eliot GillMy weekend off was largely understandable. From Thursday night to Monday evening, I was officially off… Read More
Today was painful, in a word. I was woken up by the worst headache and memories of creepy dreams. In the night, I dreamt about a woman who went out with a man who kidnapped her and kept… Read More
I did it - the Berlin Marathon! It took me 5 hours 45 minutes, at a leisurely pace, including stopping for toilets, free massage and loads of free refreshments. I ran with two other English… Read More
The sun setting. I just liked this photo.
Not sure it's meant to be metaphorical or what.
You tell me.
http://www.onbrightsky.co.uk/pics/14Sunset-Brighton-Beach.jpgJust had my 37th birthd… Read More
I've been looking forward to doing a night with Tara Gould (Short Fuse/Story Studio) for some time. Tim and I met her in 2009, and later that year, she started helping me host on Writers Hub… Read More
So, quite a few people have probably heard that I'm training to run my first marathon. My first is the Berlin Marathon, deemed the flattest course of all marathons, and with it being in my f… Read More
www.simplynoise.com
He recommends brown noise, says its white noise with the high end cut out. I'm going to check it out.
"Simply noise will sort all your sound problems out." Read More
Everyone thought I was being really '80s when I wrote on Facebook that 'I was shopping for headbands'. How wrong could they be? Sweatbands are the new portable hand fan, the new
So I've been… Read More
Here's a piece of flash fiction that I wrote just before Christmas. It was inspired by a 425 word writing competition run by Viva Lewes - thanks to Tara from Short Fuse (now Story… Read More
" 'There are three things that I like,' Amanda exclaimed upon awakening from her first long trance. 'These are: the butterfly, the cactus and the Infinite Goof.'
Later she amended the list t… Read More
I've been acutely aware that I haven't written a blog post in over a year. The reason? 2010 was a massively busy year. In April I moved house, once again, moving into a flat in the cent… Read More
Just a short post to say that I, like 90% of the rest of the country, am embarking on a seriously hardcore detox.
For anyone who knows me, the last time I detoxed from anything was back in J… Read More
Ways to spend your time when you're off work with a cold or flu.
1) Read a book and realise why you had that stack of books by the foot of your bed for so long, but you never had time to r… Read More
On Thursday morning, Mark from SCIP and I took the 7.44am train up to Victoria for the myPublicServices conference. The conference was looking at how digital media could and is changin… Read More
A group of beasts from http://www.supermundane.com/
It's an evening of gentle leisure. That's as much as I can cope with today. First day back at work after a holiday. It wasn't particularly… Read More