I’ve been spending the day at the Thinking Digital conference. I normally don’t bother with that sort of thing, conferences that is but this one is local and in my field of work and I wanted to support it. In the past I’ve been to events like this and within the first few minutes of … Continue reading Thinking Digital
Morwick
A striped fly lands on the ground in front of my feet, ochre and brown. I bend down on my haunches to have a closer look and a small drop of Turkish delight ice cream rolls down the side of the waffle cone and falls next to it on the grass. The fly disappears as … Continue reading Morwick
Favourite room
Which is your favourite room in the house, your bedroom, the sitting room or the kitchen perhaps? Which room would you choose though if you had to stay in it for the rest of your life, would your ideas change then? What do we need to survive, food, water and warmth at a physical level … Continue reading Favourite room
Gardening
Gardening is an invention of mankind, certainly not one of nature. This week I have been watching the Chelsea Flower Show on the television. We visited the show last year but were somewhat overwhelmed by the crowd and so have preferred this time to watch it from the comfort of our own sofa. Throughout the … Continue reading Gardening
Meaningless
These words are meaningless and vacant, cast upon the paper like loose change dropped onto the pavement, scattered everywhere and followed by a scramble to get them back into some semblance of order. These words are transitory, ephemeral, caught on paper like larks in a net, resigned to being trapped until someone sets them free … Continue reading Meaningless
Ideas
If I could be so bold and claim to have a writing style I would readily admit that it is far from developed. I have a few ideas that float around in my head and always, in my opinion, seem to start off my little pieces with great gusto but somehow after about five hundred … Continue reading Ideas
The birds
There is something wrong with the birds in our back garden. They are either eating something that doesn’t agree with them or they have a dirty campaign against us. It started a couple of years ago when they took a liking to our television aerial that sticks out above the apex of the roof and … Continue reading The birds
Library book
I’ve started another library book, chosen at random by my friendly librarian from a list which I gave to him a few weeks or so ago. ‘Just choose me a couple I’ll like’ was my instruction and he came back with ‘El hombre que trasladaba las cuidades’, the man who changed the cities by Carlos … Continue reading Library book
The skin I’m in
The radio comes to life on the bedside table, switched on as an alarm clock. It’s 6:45 in the morning and I roll over to check the time. The red illuminated numbers say just what I expected and it’s time to get up. I throw back the duvet and hang my legs over the side … Continue reading The skin I’m in
Get off my land
It is often heard said that money, or rather for the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil and this may well be true. It is very difficult to turn a blind eye to the huge discrepancies between those who have more money than you could ever wish for and those … Continue reading Get off my land
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 