marginalia
is the Latin word for 'things in the margin', and refers to writing or decoration in the margins of a manuscript. I am exploring the edges and margins of our world through photographs and writing....from May 23, 2012...
I was too busy writing elsewhere to write here this time last year. So many words, so little time...
Roughly translated...
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Category Archives: stoking the creative fire
fresh new day
There’s been a flurry of working going on over at our new initiative, Fresh New Day. Marica and I have begun creating a document of our everyday world – using photography and writing to learn more, notice more, to explore … Continue reading
It’s been a long, cold, lonely winter…
Well, long and cold, and while I have known lonely winters, this hasn’t been one of them. I haven’t written here for what seems like forever, but I have been writing like a mad thing over at the two new … Continue reading
and life was never the same again…
Things just got better and better and better. Hoo-rah! Twenty years later (and 20 minutes into the future) I’m still lusting after Theora Jones
celebrating the autumn equinox
This evening we decided to celebrate the autumn equinox (I know – a little late – was March 20) but better late than never. We took ourselves off to the stadium, and after a delicious supper of ham, salads, and … Continue reading
more on drawing
My mate Trevor Romain has got himself in the papers again. He began writing for children, only to be met with hundreds of rejections. Rejection, however, was something that he had grown accustomed to throughout his life. As a child … Continue reading
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from exploratory nibbles to big bites…
I did manage to swim to shore long enough to be convinced that the local bug vendor had some pretty tasty goods and imbibed on some pretty dang yummy fried silkworms! Ben Livingston We just got back from a cultural … Continue reading
updates done
Right, that’s that done then – I’ve finally got the AkoNet web site sorted. It hasn’t been a huge upgrade, more of the annual tidy up that should’ve (ahem) happened back in January/February (when, instead, we were packing ready to … Continue reading
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stuck in the boondocks?
Ok. So you’re stuck in the boondocks and yet, weirdly, you have a call, if not a burn to learn stuff. Oh, how I know the feeling. And you and I both know that Tim Berners-Lee and Noam Chomsky are … Continue reading
using tiddlywiki for study
Back when I was putting my Masters away I lusted after a small hand-held scanner so I could grab research material quickly and review it later. There were some cool scanners around, however me and the money and the scanner … Continue reading
thank you
I haven’t been writing here much lately, I’ve been working backstage on books and some other projects, plus there’s a fine range of other writing scenes. I’ve owned a computer since the mid 80s and I still can’t program, although … Continue reading