Monthly Archives: December 2022

Rodding my creative plumbing…

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Guthlac

Nothing quite like spending half an hour or so with your sketchbook just doodling to try and release the congested creative plumbing. Too gross? Maybe but it seems to work for me.

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The year of THREE Prime Ministers….

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Guthlac

Could anyone make this up? I doubt it but here we are racing towards 2023 and we have to look back at the car crash that the British political class has become. It is very easy to blame it on … Continue reading →

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Christmas Time in Nottingham….

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Guthlac

Yesterday was a getting out day and so I rode an overcrowded tram into the centre of Nottingham to visit the latest exhibition at the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery: Hollow Earth: Art, Caves & The Subterranean Imaginary with my good … Continue reading →

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Backache…

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Guthlac

I’m sure I’ve moaned about this before somewhere on this blog but I have yet again my chronic back pain has flared up. The truth is is that there is nothing medieval science can do to help me as it … Continue reading →

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Barbara’s Bridge…

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Guthlac

It was bloody cold down by the River Humber and the Humber Bridge. The light was wonderful and it was well worth the trip. I have always thought that the bridge was a fitting memorial to one of the political … Continue reading →

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Cold Feet, Widgeon and Green Woodpeckers….

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Guthlac

It was the first dawn of the cold spell that is heading our way for the next few days and it was just me, a couple of friendly dogs, a Green Woodpecker and a few Wigeon. The wigeon are easy … Continue reading →

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Creative Drought…

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Guthlac

Christmas is coming and with it comes the end of the year. All very normal, all very festive but, and this is a very elephant size butt, I now have to start the process of creating my yearbooks and 2022 … Continue reading →

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Nightowl…

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Guthlac

Here we go again…a few days of respite and I am again feeling ‘under the weather’. Long Covid or something else? I don’t know but the one thing it has meant is, for various reasons, I am out walking the … Continue reading →

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