Now page archive from September 2023
Creativity and work 💰🎨
- Job hunting – after taking a few months off, I’m now looking for a permanent role and taking on freelance projects in the meantime. Get in touch if you know of anything.
- Freelance – edited an upcoming report for Greenpeace, proofreading a magazine for them too.
- Continuing with my drawing practice.
- Temperature blanket – progressed since the last blanket update, and I’m up to date as of today.
Personal life 🌿🌷
- Health – main reason for my work break and still my focus. My aim is to flow with my natural energy patterns more often. I’ve made progress on insomnia and sleep issues. I’ve started journalling again to help with processing emotions. Regular exercise is the next thing I want to start doing.
- Garden – mostly harvesting at the moment. So far: potatoes, tomatoes, runner beans and french beans, cucumbers, far too many courgettes. The squash are getting there. The cabbages got eaten to death by cabbage whites. The dahlias and cosmos are vibrant. The rest I’m letting go to seed to collect. Still much to do!
- House – small, slow changes is all we have the energy/money to do, but I don’t mind that. Mostly, it involves a paintbrush and elbow grease. Sometimes it’s clearing and tidying up our stuff. Our next big need is proper wardrobes.
Inspiration well ✨
- Book – Devoured Mandy Morton’s Hettie Bagshot series. “Lovely” and “delightful” are probably the most used adjectives in the books, which probably sums up their particular brand of British charm. A mostly light and silly read about a cat detective agency, with some dark themes at times.
- Book – Shereen Daniel’s The Anti-racist Organisation. An insightful book, with lots for those in leadership to consider.
- Podcast – Maintenance Phase, which debunks the junk science behind the diet and wellness industry. Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes’ storytelling and analysis is brilliant. How they distill the likely mountains of research they do into clear narratives is no small feat. Also worth a listen is Michael’s other podcast with Peter Shamshiri, If books could kill.
- Exhibition – Really enjoyed the retrospective of Roger Bamber’s photography I caught in Brighton in late August. How he used scale and juxtaposition to make wry humoured images is what strikes me most. The show has closed now, but the Guardian’s gallery has some Roger Bamber photos if you want to see what I mean.
Life in pictures 📷
Lately details what I’ve been up to recently. It’s a mix of recommendations, highlights and things I’ve noticed in this big old world. It also holds past Now page updates. Dig into the Lately archives.
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