SONGS AND SCRIPTS AND DUNKING BISCUITS
Every day tales of a winging-it creative
Category: Photography
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In the last few months I have had the unenviable task of working through a huge pile of old family photographs and items that needed to be either kept or thrown away. Anyone who has ever been in this position knows how the responsibility can weigh heavily. This can be extra difficult when you are…
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All photos by Paul Ariss. No AI used in production of any images.
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For those of you about to read this blog beware, I may not be who I say I am. I may not even exist. I only mention this because over the last couple of months, authorities in my country have yet to be convinced that my identity is genuine. In this world of identity theft…
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For about 15 years a painting by Alice Dalton Brown hung on the wall in front of me in the small bedroom where I did all my writing. The painting is called Tomorrow Morning. It is a large print, 24” wide and 84” long, and with a nice frame that was of course slightly larger…
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Having just moved into my new home just over seven weeks ago and still tripping over boxes – though a lot less than there were – and putting up curtain rails and applying paint (badly) onto walls and making room for new and old furniture, the space available for Christmas decorations is at present somewhat…
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On the 31st October, I returned to my hometown after spending the previous four months – eighteen weeks in all, or 126 days if you prefer – living from my sisters spare room in northern Cumbria. This was not planned, or at least not for that long. I expected to be away for a couple…