Sidelines

A good reason not to write in books

I don’t want Former Me telling me which bits of the book are most noteworthy.

What we saw on our annual holiday in Anglesey.

I don’t buy claims that paintings are more accurate than photographs, and novels more truthful than factual writing.

A short walk with Mark Cocker to admire the natural grandeur of a Yorkshire wood.

A cross-genre performance of music and words.

In which I attend a philosophical guided walk on a familiar patch.

In which I am astonished by a reminder of how I used to work.

In which I add some much-needed order to my collection of books.

A visit to a wonderful library.

After a frustrating six months, progress on my book is emerging from the doldrums!

In which I unwittingly mimic my hero with the aid of an old chopping board.

On Charles Darwin’s use of photography in his book about human and animal emotions.