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About Me

birthplace Nairobi, Kenya. resident Devon, spiritual home Dartmoor(the pixies chastened me as a child). various forms of craft otherwise occupy me, mostly working with wood. books are an essential. keen cyclist. classified by others as deeply eccentric. have been making music sporadically since 1980, some of which can be found at Dark Mother Wood.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

someone, no one, does it matter. good honest souls.

My Blog

sticks

 
Posted by on Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:10:00 GMT

variety

time passing, last week was the first apple pick of this year near riverford, then off to somewhere near sigford for the milling & pressing.  a cellar in an uncompleted structure.  a new milling machi...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:00 GMT

dock leaves

perhaps i did have need of them yesterday.  a morning jaunt to the island in the village to pick sloes, came away with a goodly amount as well as more hulver sticks.  later set out for Lady Wood, must...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:45:00 GMT

quince

will be the first time of making jelly from this fruit, finally aquired a jelly bag, found a recipe i can follow.  shall give some of the finished product away to meat eating friends.
Posted by on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:29:00 GMT

'tis a while

smatterings of telling.  friends visited, too much alcohol.  gardening.  then watching sunsets, listening, watching, listening to magpies bicker in the lime tree.  yesterday walked to ball gate, came ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Sep 2009 06:43:00 GMT

Gisperdown

that was a place to journey to.  but what difference a sun in the sky can make.  have been out in the garden attending to the visible neglect, weeds etc.  so hands have been in soil, no gloves, feels ...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:57:00 GMT

damp

seems as the sky has been grey for weeks, mist hanging ove the moor, air heavy with moisture.  has highlighted the proliferation of cobwebs.  saw a steam engine on a trailer being pulled by a car, not...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 05:14:00 GMT

text work

a splintered text, that there this page, words on facebook, words on twitter, word at live journal, lastly there is a good fountain pen and good paper to write on.  there will also be a sound.  and of...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:25:00 GMT

wyrms

cleaned the dirt from 'neath the nails.  found some gorse and tugged it from the ground.  spent time with this wood, differs.
Posted by on Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:35:00 GMT

a whirl of thoughts

a splintered text thread through
Posted by on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:53:00 GMT