AD8: Blue Velvet
Artist dates don’t have to involve getting out of the house. On Saturday I did a quick catch-up artist date, as going to Portsmouth the weekend before, and running
The Cyclist
This story was written as homework for Billy Muir’s Short Fiction course at the Bristol Folk House. It was inspired by a report in the Bristol Post. Infirmary “It was on Thursday. Valentine’s Day.” “Yes, sergeant. I remember reading about him in Friday’s Post. No one’s come forward?” “No one useful.” Inspector Hardwick looked down […]
AD7: King of Bristol: Climbing Cabot Tower
I’m playing catchup on my artist dates, as I managed to miss one last week, having gone to Porstmouth for the weekend on fairly short notice. As you do. Yesterday, therefore, I went for a bit of a walk, to visit a place that really says “Bristol” to me, but which I’ve not visited for years […]
Making a thing that goes “Bong!”
I’ve been meditating for a while. For decades, in fact, on and off. I normally use a meditation timer provided by a plug-in to the Mac app pzizz, whose primary function is actually getting you off to sleep, or power napping. But pzizz doesn’t seem to be supported any more, and I wanted something a […]
AD6: Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Playing catchup: my artist date from last week was a quick jaunt to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which I realised was leaving Bristol on Sunday. I enjoy the exhibition. As with past years, though, I walked past the signs at Bristol’s City Museum quite a few times, thinking, “Oh, it’s on for […]
