Beware of bargains?

Sometimes, the gamble of “if this cheap bit of computing kit doesn’t work properly, I haven’t lost much cash”, doesn’t always come off..

Best meal of the year

We’re coming to the end of our New Year break, and I think we’ve just experienced the highlight of our time away: a marvellous dinner at an Indian restaurant we haven’t visited in quite a few years. Not that we really needed an excuse, but with our daughter’s birthday and my parents’ wedding anniversary not […]

Hunting for inspiration

When I started on my BlogADay2011 journey nearly a week ago, I recall writing that I couldn’t always guarantee a scintillating reading experience every day. I suspect this may be one of those occasions… To be honest, the main thing on my mind in creative terms right now, concerns one of my other New Year […]

Online (just about)

In which Tim spins a short shaggy-dog tale about the technical lengths he’s going to, to try and keep up with his WordPress.com BlogADay2011 commitment…

The best-laid plans

Today, I would like to share with you a carefully-considered and reasoned post about my New Year resolution, to write and record at least one new song, every month throughout 2011. I would also like to offer up a few possible reasons for my relative inactivity on this front in the year just passed, and […]

My “identity archipelago”

As I set out on my BlogADay2011 journey, I’m hopeful that I will pick up at least a few new readers along the way. With that in mind, I thought that newcomers to this blog might be interested in a few other locations on the Web which I inhabit; if you like, the islands in […]