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All the wonderful people who helped with my publishing process for Pink Granite I thought this might be a useful read not only for those who receive my newsletters but also for anyone curious about independent publishing. So here goes: Unlike Redhair and Daffodil Friend, the creation of Pink Granite was relatively short. The first book took the whole of …
More on ‘Pink Granite’ released 16 October 2025 Beginnings The first utterings of ‘Pink Granite’ were made in 2023 whilst creating on my feet through a group workshop process using movement, improvisation and ritual objects. I can trace its beginnings further back to a site-specific piece I made for the Sentient Performance conference at Dartington Hall, Totnes the previous year. …
Embodying the pathway towards Pink Granite (Part Two) On the road to making Pink Granite I had one more collision with Redhair and Daffodil Friend through an adaptation for the stage. If you didn’t catch it first time around on the blog last year, you can read about that here. You can also view the edited final performance on my …
In the Steps of the Ancestors Joseph Waterfield (1858-1933) Margaret Prichard (1849-1890) Last month I checked into a quarryman (and woman’s) cottage in Trefor, Gwynedd on the Llŷn Peninsula where three generations of my family lived and worked at the foot of three mountains known as …
It’s Daffodil Time Last year Winter brought stillness, nothingness, sleeping, quiet reflection and ancestors who visited both invited and uninvited. Despite this year’s daffodils, crocuses and early tulips, Spring has dragged its feet. We’ve been up to our eyes in rain, rain and yet more rain. But it seems to have stopped and now it is spring; well and truly …