If you’re one of the few people who’ve read any of my blog entries at this point, it should be painfully obvious to you that in my hobbyist, non-work life I am a chronic procrastinator. I am. I admit it, and I am working on improving myself in that regard. …
Hello Blogosphere. Long time, no see. Again. It’s been a busy year, and I have been completely remiss in my blogging activities, so I wanted to publish something for this summery season. This post is about my attempts to make the best use of my garden. Full disclosure: I actually …
Peter Pauper Press is a company known primarily for their budget decorative journals and notecards, but they also produce a line of art supplies under the Studio Series range. They released a new product last year; a box of 15 ink pads which retail at $10.99 USD (I paid $15.99 …
This year, to mark the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Tomb Raider game I have decided to work on a couple of my favourite costumes from the series. Having been a fan since the late 1990s, I wore my first Tomb Raider costume in 2001 for my …
So, yes, I realise that I haven’t posted anything for months and months! Like everybody else, I was first distracted by returning to work full time after so many months of lockdown. Then, since I work in retail, it was Christmas and I was too busy or too tired to …
My current greeting card supply is running low so it’s time for me to put a new bunch together. (Scarily, it’s also going to be time to start making Christmas cards soon, but that’s a post for another day). I like to have a few cards at hand so that …
As a former geology student and general lover of all things fossilized I was delighted to read Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution by eminent palaeontologist Richard Fortey. The book, written in 2000, is a charming account of evolution examined from the point of view of humble trilobites, an extinct group of …
I’m disorganised. There, I’ve said it for the world to see. I’ve always been this way; a messy bedroom as a child and an untidy life as an adult. The only way I was ever truly organised – and even then there were lapses – was when I set myself …
So here I am, my first ever blog post on my first ever website. It’s very exciting to tell you the truth, and it’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while now. As the tagline says, this is going to be all about sharing both my old interests and …
