Writing a Synopsis (Sigh)

 

Great Dane and Chihuahua (wiki commons)

My job this weekend is to write a synopsis of my work-in-progress (working title: Nia and the Ruins).  As a metaphor, I have shown you a picture of a Great Dane and a Chihuahua.  I will leave it up to your imagination to decide which is which.

Sigh.

Chickens, Pigs, Rats and Japanese Yodelling

A few years ago, I was introduced to the inimitable Mr Takeo Ischi.  Now, since you may have forgotten, I will share with you again Chicken Attack, where the story started.  But, you will have wondered, what in the name of justice happened next?  

Watch and find out ...

The Yodel of Justice WILL be heard!

Mesmerised

Ballet in super slow motion ... missed nuance are a series of films by photographer Niv Novak which I have stumbled upon and am mesmerised by.  Here are a few, but there are more.  So, so beautiful ...

A Little Bit of This and a Little Bit of That

Chuffed to see Silver Skin on the Edinburgh International Book Festival online bookshop.

Over on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure I'm talking about Best Worst Reviews.

And Ely Plot comes to an end!  Listen to Chapter 19 and Chapter 20.  Three cheers for Philippa Stevens, and if you want to hear the whole book, visit the Ely Cathedral website's Learning page.

Tom Lehrer on My Mind

 

This week I'm over on History Girls talking about the inimitable Tom Lehrer (not dead, thank goodness.  You can head on over to a blog post by Conrad Blunstrom here that celebrated his 90th birthday and see just how good he still looks!)

And in Ely Plot, Chapter 17 and Chapter 18 have ensued!

International Cat Day and a Chapter or Two

 Happy International Cat Day!

Theophile Steinlen Summer - Cat on a Balustrade (1909)

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And even though cats do not feature much in Ely Plot, this week there are two more chapters to listen to: Chapter 15 and Chapter 16. 

In the Lady Chapel

It's not far off 15 years since I visited Ely Cathedral.  It was a cold and wet day and there was no one else about and, yes, I tried out the acoustics in the Lady Chapel.  Purely for research purposes, you understand.  And yes, they are divine.

Carving in the Lady Chapel (Ely Cathedral) 
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Ground plan following G.G. Scott's works of 1848 

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(Lady Chapel is the extra rectangle top left of the plan)

This week, Phillipa is reading more of the book that ensued, Ely Plot, Chapter 13 here, and Chapter 14 here.