Garbage collection, in a very real sense
For anyone in west Oxfordshire (or even west Oxford) the Eynsham Society is running an event about climate change, at 8pm on Wednesday 21st May. From what I can gather—publicity hasn’t been great as you can see, but there was a note up in the local Co-Op—it will be about some of the practical measures [...]
When digging through a stack of old papers, K. chanced upon a framed letter. She’d been given it some fifteen or twenty years ago by her art teacher, and while she’d kept it lying around presumed it was probably a fake and didn’t think much of it. After a similar amount of digging round online, [...]
Tomorrow I compère the Oxfringe April Follies Open Mic Night at the St Aldate’s Tavern from 8ish onwards. Anyone who turns up has the right to shout for no more than precisely five minutes, at which point the magic hooter will hoot its magic and you must drop the microphone and run.
This is one of [...]
One of my resolutions this year is to try to cut down on the carbon I spend on music. Notwithstanding my purchase of the In Rainbows discbox, I’ve amassed an awful number of discs of metallized plastic in barely-recyclable containers. (I say “barely” because K. got me a pencil for Christmas made out of old [...]
Carbon rationing action groups (CRAGs) are groups of people who agree to measure their carbon (dioxide) use. They also agree on an upper limit for the year, and a per-tonne levy for anyone exceeding it. As the twelve months pass them by, they meet, chat, swap tips and advice, and generally try to meet the [...]
Stones and Bones is being produced this weekend. Want a copy? Be quick and stick your details down here. I’ll print extras, of course, but only up to a round number.
Here’s a preview, with an excerpt from each story. The final lineup is largely unchanged from the table of contents agreed previously, although titles have [...]
I’m so impressed with Radiohead. I was a fan back in the days of The Bends (y’know: before they literally, if not metaphorically, sold out), and have more affection for Pablohoney than most. But in an era when it’s trivial to get whatever music you want for free off your mate who happened to buy [...]
With the completion of the final story, to the point of general legibility, I can announce a provisional table of contents for my free-for-the-first-50 extravaganza of short stories:
Stones and Bones
Hidden depths
They glow, against the skin
Mortar dream
Stones and bones
O great computer!
Sense of place
A chat with relatives
The parable of the innkeeper
Want a free copy? Ask me [...]
Last year I released a collection of short stories called A Pocketful of Lies. Anyone who wanted a paper copy could get one delivered for free, and in early 2007 I released the PDF online too.
This year I’m doing the same thing, with a themed collection of almost entirely new work: Stones and Bones. More [...]
Remember in the days before blogs, when we used to have homepages? Well, technically I suppose I still have one, separate from my blog. How retro is that, eh? My online presence is so fragmented (arguably because my offline presence is that of a genre-flitting dilettante who can’t just sit still for five minutes) that [...]