diary, notebook, photos
This week I wore my mask every time I went into a shop or a shopping mall, which is more frequently than I had been doing. Once Boris Johnson announced that face coverings will become compulsory inside shops in England from July 24 (or possibly July 23? I'm not sure of the date) I noticed… Continue reading What the real world is
In between the other stuff, I'm taking a free online course at FutureLearn called Explore Animation. During the lockdown, I started experimenting with my phone, making collages and a poetry film and I'm curious to learn basic animation to see if I can extend my skills and perhaps combine poetry and storytelling with animation. I… Continue reading Not just poems
I'm writing this post while sitting on a bench by the side of the canal in Bradford-on-Avon. I'm writing in a small sparkly notebook and I'll type up these notes later when I return home. It's nearly 3pm on Friday, 3rd July, 2020. I left home just after 2pm to catch the train here, just… Continue reading With lockdown hair and a face mask, I rejoin the world
A small rambling post about what I'm up to at the moment, what's happening out here in my little corner of the West Wiltshire town that's been my home for the past 17 years, and what's new since my first post about living through the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. News in the garden: our… Continue reading Corona Diary: Half year, middle of the week catch-up
I've written about my sequence 'Once Upon a Lockdown' before but this is the first time I've been able to post all nine pieces together. I began this writing as a sequence of diary entries/prose poems/poems and then reworked each section into a collage using natural materials from my garden, photos from my camera roll… Continue reading Sequence of nine prose poems/collages
