I am pleased (although, I have to confess, a little surprised) that I have managed to keep up my sketching schedule for so long. A part of me was resigned to a failure of will. Every day I feel that I learn a little more, as well as installing useful habits. My latest venture was … Read more
Recently I have felt that I am attempting to reconcile two contradictory aims. For some time I have been promising myself that sketching will be a more regular part of my regime. Meanwhile, of course, as we approach the time when we will be moving house, I become more keenly aware of all the tasks … Read more
It is that season of the year when I am sorely tempted to settle myself in front of the TV for about nine hours a day. What I mean, of course, is that the snooker World Championships have started, in Sheffield. This is one of the very few TV events I do find compulsive viewing. … Read more
I made quite good progress today with my project of tidying-up the bookshelves. Quite a few books have been sentenced to exile (although fewer than I anticipated) and although unfinished the place looks better already. One task within this overall project turned out to be especially interesting. One shelf can only be described as having … Read more