The Dog Catcher Alexei Sayle
The Dog Catcher Alexei Sayle
A collection of short stories combining satire, humour and social comment; cynically done and often morally astute. The first story, The Dog Catcher, is my favourite. It happens to have a mite in common with a work in progress of mine (in which dogs and people are compared), but the [...]
Martians prejudice!
Martians prejudice!
An illustration for the poem about prejudice and the need to project …
Drawn to the Valley art group
Drawn to the Valley art group
A local (ish) art group that has an exhibition any day now:http://www.drawntothevalley.co.uk/
example from gabrielle:
jeanette winterson lighthousekeeping
LighthousekeepingJeanette Winterson
I think the best two novels I’ve read this year have been by the same author, which is astonishing. This one, and Stone Gods.
In Lighthousekeeping the rule book of how to write a novel has been thrown away to good effect! Sometimes I thought I was reading poetry; sometimes it felt like looking through [...]
Everything is Sinister David Llewellyn
Everything is Sinisterby David Llewellyn
A fine satire of the emptiness of celebrity and the witless news-machine that both creates it and depends upon it.
The main character is employed in a trashy news empire and for a while seems to live the emptiness. His appointment book overflows with shallow meetings and contacts until something in his [...]
Todd Rundgren – "Open My Eyes"
Todd Rundgren – “Open My Eyes”Live in San Francisco
Well the weather is grim in Cornwall – this might wake us up …
puppy at 12 weeks
puppy at 12 weeks
Not a good photo, but i did want to record her size! At 12 weeks the puppy seems to be elongating at a ferocious rate. After the second innoculation she is able to go out on the lead – first walk about 5 miles …
Puppy Parenting by Scott Miller
Puppy ParentingbyScott Miller
A very useful book, and definitely the best of the bunch that my local library had to offer. If you’ve kept dogs most of your life, there’s always more to learn, especially with a puppy. The physical and psychological development after weaning at 8 weeks (the earliest one can normally bring a puppy [...]
The hermit’s ascent
The hermit’s ascent
The hermit ascends the mountain, carrying the child. The layby of sissyfoot is to the left (from the story of the same name).
The dog is remarkably patient, considering …
extract from the story:
‘Home!’ shouted Kate, pointing up the side of the mountain.
Horace could see nothing to distinguish this mountain path from thousands of others. [...]
Molly and the Muslim Stick David Dabydeen
Molly and the Muslim StickDavid Dabydeen
I can’t recall ever being introduced so rapidly into a story. The first pages of this novel really set the scene very efficiently.
It’s hard to be enthusiastic, though, because the story is mostly lifelike and dreadful. On reading this I wonder, yet again, if ‘God’ (by whatever name) has chosen [...]