New novel, THE PIECES, out now from Senex Press. “A detective story with a difference." Ian Rankin "I loved it!" Cathi Unsworth. "Brilliant!" Sarah Le Fanu
Absolutely delighted by this generous, pithy & perceptive response from @ddhitchens. It's a rare pleasure for a writer to see what s/he was trying to achieve encapsulated so elegantly in a single sentence. @Senex_Press
Lovely and liminal: creates the sensation of the breezy and opaline seaside, whilst simultaneously providing us with the scratchy feel of the scribbling pencil. A dual pleasure.
I have been informed by X that it is the 3rd anniversary of this self-indulgent scrapbook. Something to ponder.
My first posts--some things never change:
I find this composition of Crespi's very compelling, much more so than Da Vinci's--although several of the disciples share similar features. Judas with the money bag looks towards us but evades our gaze, and Peter openly brandishes a knife (he's surreptitious in DV's version).
Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with.
—Henry David Thoreau—
I was only able to get close enough to take this photo because the poor little blue tit had stunned itself by flying into a window. But thankfully it quickly recovered and took to the skies again.