June, 2008
Back from the future
From the moment we arrived, I knew I was home. So many new possibilities have opened up to me, I’m exhilarated, and terrified too. I’ve come home only to slump in my chair and wonder how I’m going to make this happen. But now that I have a direction to head in, the horizon seems so much closer. Closer than it has been in over three years. More soon, when I’ve pulled myself together.
June, 2008
Inspiration #1
1. Parentes., 2. free fall, 3. Pinch, 4. Untitled
Even when surrounded by piles of used tissues and feeling most definitely not my best self, photographs still make my brain explode like a box of fireworks. I love these faceless portraits so much.
June, 2008
Summer solstice
Today is the longest day of the year, or it might be tomorrow – the experts are divided due to it being a leap year. Unfortunately it's raining and most likely will be in the morning, so the druids at Stonehenge will have a rather damp celebration. I look at this photograph I took last year in California and I ache to be there on that beach, basking in the sunshine. The sun will be back here in a few days i've no doubt, but today it's raining. And I have tonsillitis. Again. I've spent the last 48 hours holed up on my sofa with a blanket around me as i consume a steady stream of hot chocolate and throat pastilles. It's been awful not being able to go to the gym, and for once in my life i say that with all sincerity. Tomorrow it will be five weeks since i smoked my last cigarette – the longest stint without smoking in 15 years. There's been a lot of change happening for my body, so i'm not beating it up too much about being ill, although i'm not thrilled about it. I feel like I am wasting time… it's hard to have a break in the momentum.
At the end of next week I am off to stay with my sister for a few nights. She lives very close to the city I am hoping to move to in the next few months. It's time to move, and even though it's going to be hard for so many different reasons, I feel ready to do it, i really do. Ready to take this new step forward. So for now I'm going to hunker down with a giant bowl of pasta, an even bigger box of tissues and Season Three of the L Word – I've got to be well for next week, for I hope I might just be walking down the streets that i'll be calling home very soon.
June, 2008
Five (really) good things
1. My new keyboard. No-more-of-this-rubbish!
2. The three glossy magazines, one new novel and bucket-sized mug of hot chocolate waiting for me on my coffee table.
3. Two more discs of The Riches to watch this weekend (a couple of days of nesting and resting for me as i've been under the weather). Eddie Izzard looks so damn handsome when he leaves his leather mini skirts and stilettos in the wardrobe.
4. Getting some unexpected press for my Unravelling store this week. First, a mention in Wednesday's Etsy Spotlight….
5. … and then a really lovely review from Holly at Decor8. Holly has such great taste and I've found so many fab artists and stores through her recommendations, so I'm extra thrilled to be featured today. Thanks Holly!
