Scriptly – Julia Chalkley

So good, we went twice.

I enjoyed the trip to Colchester to see Robin Ince, but the only way to buy a ticket was to buy a book. We don’t need two copies, and nobody in either of our families would appreciate a copy of the book, signed or not. So I went alone. I enjoyed the talk so muchContinue reading “So good, we went twice.”

Another Stitch in the Wall

We picked up a leaflet last month for a textile art exhibition taking place in October 2021. I started making patchwork quilts when I was nine – made one, over a few years, then another at the age of nineteen – and, er, that’s it. I have stitched a few oddments like a cushion forContinue reading “Another Stitch in the Wall”

Didn’t It Rain

The weather forecast for our area continues to promise temperatures above the average for autumn with the chance of an odd shower, and the skies are still emptying their bladders on our roof for hours at a time. It’s been raining on and off all day, and is still raining hard now. Appropriate, then, thatContinue reading “Didn’t It Rain”

Scriptly Gets Inventive

We have been asked by the organisers of the Scriptly Challenge not to share details of the challenge on any blogs we write – to leave the exact wording of the brief vague. So I haven’t been giving the brief word for word, but it’s hard not to share the main detail. We’ve been askedContinue reading “Scriptly Gets Inventive”