My no news thing is going well, but it is interesting how much actually filters through despite all my attempts at avoidance. I know that there is something and children in Jersey but I really do not want or need to know more and start singing loudly as I dash to the radio to turn [...]

What is the collective noun for a group of people from facebook?
We are all in my sitting room. Not everyone on facebook, no, but a group who have come together through the bodypainting section of the site. We are having a great day where everyone is doing what I say because I am the teacher! [...]

Actually that is not true. One can say all manner of things, but does one need to, and is one prepared to face the
consequences? Interesting questions for these times.
I want to talk about coque waving alpha males. I use the word with the wrong spelling as there is so much censorship nowadays, and what [...]

No matter how hard I try to keep on top of things, I seem to end up on the side as it all whizzes past me at high speed. I am left in a slowly swirling pile of paperwork. This is what is happening now. The gentle rustle of impatient paperwork colours the soundscape of [...]

My meditation, if that is what it is, of not listening to, reading, or watching the news is going very well. I had a minor lapse this morning when Radio 3 was just too out there and I switched to Radio 4 out of habit. My husband was rapidly given an opportunity to remind me [...]

I lay on the floor and thought for a moment this morning.
I was thinking about writing weblog later in the day and how much of a response I get to the fear issues.
I have banned myself from all news and newspapers. Phew.
Actually it is not that easy. I am addicted to the rush [...]

We seem to be in the grip of a media frenzy and it feels as though no one sees it.
There are so many news channels, so many magazines, newspapers, internet sites and TV channels that need to keep on feeding our lust for fear that we, as a race, seem to have given them [...]

A stoke of brilliance
I have had great fun over the past few days. I love trawling the markets to find what I want, going from shop to shop, looking at craftsmanship and comparing prices and then settling down to long negotiations rising to incredible crescendos as the level of caffeine in the body gets higher [...]