I frequently feel guilty for having favourite ‘things’, collecting often seems to be a symptom of hideous capitalist consumption, yet here I am, my house full of things. In the case of anything Hello Kitty and Pusheen related that’s definitely the type of consumption I don’t like and yet there they hang around me in … Read More
I think that books as a whole have influenced my life rather than a specific book. I know if I ask either girlfriend (M-i-L or The Jellicle Cat) then they’d tell me about their relationships with Jonathan Livingstone Seagull or The Dice Man respectively. I’m not sure I’ve got a book like that.
I collected postcards. I stopped because I was running out of places to put them but I think I’d quite like to start again. I like pictures that indicate places. I also think I’m happier with the notion of putting things into display books rather than needing everything to be up on a wall so … Read More
It’s hard to decide which are the five best places I’ve visited. I’ve been to a lot of really lovely places. 5. Chicago has to have a mention. Chicago is a city that took me by surprise, I ended up there by accident, I had intended to go to Florida but the US was just … Read More
Goals, there are things that I want to get done and it seems like I am truly excellent at covering these things over with tasks upon tasks upon tasks. Then I look at the mountain and curl up in bed. I am not entirely coninced this is simply The Swamp, I am making such progress … Read More