Autumn to me....

Memories of fireworks and sparklers, jacket potatoes and shiny, smiley faces lit up by the glow of the bonfire. Morning frosts, cosy evenings and the tantalising thought of big polo necks and warm socks. Autumn merging into winter; bright lights against the darkness. Evening projects; drawing, reading, the eternal quest to finish that photo album. Creating, thinking, slowing down. It makes me think of a mole. Happy but slow and burrowing and hunkering down just for a wee while….

Dreaming of wading though the clear waters of the Indian Ocean off Kenya : Vamos a la playa…any playa really but mostly the Basque Coast to catch some waves : Loving the astounding number of descriptions Pulitzer Prize winner, William Finnegan, can give to beach breaks, reef breaks, tubes, walls…the word “wave” seems redundant after reading this extraordinary book, Barbarian Days : Craving a gallery or exhibition like this one by Malian photographer Malick Sidibe - fun, playful and defining of an era. : who wouldn’t want to cram the back of a pick-up with sofas and cruise around the beaches of…..well, almost anywhere. : Kant tu ne sais plus quoi faire….il reste la philo…Montessori teacher/Philospher lecturer Marie Robert’s Monday morning live philosophy exposes on Instagram live got me through lockdown#1…am counting on her book to add some colour to lockdown#2 : A gem of a wedge of a book, High Grade Living, from Aussies Jac Lewis and Aaron Russell of school for meditation and creativity, The Broad Place…so much knowledge, inspiration alongside beautiful photos and suggestions on how to eek out your creative juices. Coffee table engagement : Stevie Wonder never ceases to bring lightness and joy : DO DESIGN; Why Beauty is key to everything accompanies me most places. it weaves a path through the practical, the spiritual and the everyday ways beautiful design is all around us and cannot but enhance our human experience.