Tuesday, 16 August 2011

a reply

The letter came. Wrapped in mourning and bureaucracy.
I reached out across time to grab at it.
And inside found happiness and family. None of it mine.
I cried through her cheerily written words and wished for a happy ending.
But it was long ago buried in a hole in a ground.
Too late, the letter came. Four years too late.

Monday, 8 August 2011

Style crush


This is fashion designer Vika Gazinskaya. I love her style- in every single photo I see she looks timeless.

And now this is where I want my hair to go next...



Monday, 25 July 2011

I'm a little bit in love with the silliness of this...

Fireleap


The world that Nan Goldin captures has always seemed so apart from everything and everyone else. Considering the open and often sexual content of her images, it is fascinating to see her show a selection of portraits of children.

Monday, 18 July 2011

tampon as a curse word...


Lemon avocado on toast


Has a very relaxed weekend, which involved some very yummy food at the newly opened Pacific Social Club, near Hackney Central on Clarence Street. I'll be heading back to this tiny establishment to work my way through their menu. Sit in the window and watch the world go by. just don't get scorched by the sun.


New BBC drama


I'm currently on the hunt for a good drama on the telly. I'm trying Sirens, but it has its weaknesses, and Shameless USA is enjoyable, but mostly I'm turning off before I even make it to the halfway point. (Franklin & Bash anyone?).

So far it's just Doug Liman's Suits that has me in its grip, but maybe this week all that will change with The Hour. Fingers crossed.



Did you notice how I managed to not slag off the dross that is Luther. Damn it. I slipped.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

Tim Hetherington 1970-2011







Tim Hetherington was killed yesterday in Libya, while covering the conflict for Panos in the city of Misrata. The award-winning photographer spent his career on the front line. It is a terrible loss.

Wednesday, 6 April 2011

the heart

I was going to bury it in my garden, but thought a dog would dig it up.
In a cage it was sad and lonely; the slow red thump rattling the iron bars.

I was going to lock it in a castle tower, but feared a passing prince would storm the barricade.
And in the sea it would only poison the fishes and float to shore once more.

So I kept it in my chest. Where neither I, nor it, would find any rest.

inspiration for the day

Monday, 4 April 2011

inspiration for the day

Hanging on by my fingers

I’m grasping the air and wracked by sobs
The voices are whispering to drop and follow them down
It would be so easy
To let my fingers rest, release, unfurl,
like a balloon of cascading silk I’d float into the ocean.