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| Birthday boy with Nick Shelton artwork, prezzies, Spiderman cake, family dinner |
Happy Birthday to me on October 15th – I aim to space out my blog posts evenly but Life has a way of hijacking best intentions – but the images are enjoyable memories for me, even if they are a bit removed from the original date. Looking back to 2014 when I started this blog, my birthday post was about Shakespeare and Fargo’s Marge (“it’s a beautiful day”) Gunderson; in 2015 I presented gruesome evidence of a cyst on my back; in 2016 I had begun a routine of writing three days a week as my main retirement hobby; and in 2017 I began writing Book 2 of Rhenium Tales after finishing the first draft of Book 1. What now?
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| Brothers, sister, wife, daughters, friends.... |
2018
I’ve submitted material to some agents and started my collection of BadgesOfHonour rejection notices…. but also had some specific tips and insights to act upon. So Phase Two of My Writing Career begins…. Chris Grimley is a significant other in the family…. Empty Nest Syndrome is on the brink of happening again…. and I got my wishes for a birthday tea of salmon on lentils and treacle sponge pudding and custard…. Life! How did I get here from where I was?
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| First Man, Looper, The Age of Innocence, Lady and the Tramp with Theo Gluck, The Wife |
Movies have been a big part of September and October with the National Media Museum’s Widescreen Weekend in Pictureville allowing us to enjoy brilliant screenings of Scorcese’s The Age of Innocence, and Disney’s Lady and the Tramp (introduced in person by Theo Gluck, all the way from Hollywood; he’s the Head of Library and Restoration at Disney Studios.) I got rattled to bits by an IMAX First Man, admired Glenn Close in the preposterous but atmospheric The Wife, and loved Emily Blunt (Joseph Gordon Levitt and Bruce Willis) in the mind-bending Looper. Lots more films to look forward to later in the year, I think.
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| J B Priestley statue, Barry Cryer and Sophie Fyson, Joanna Trollope, Jenni Murray |
Wrapping up my October birthday memories is my record of the Ilkley Literature Festival where Lee Hanson, Chair of the Priestley Society introduced the witty Barry Cryer and the gracious Sophie Fyson who spoke about the memoir of Sophie’s mum, Rosalie Batten, recently published by Great Northern Books: Priestley at Kissing Tree House. Rosalie was the secretary of great writer, humanitarian and Yorkshireman, J B Priestley, and has written with fascinating insight and disarming candour. Joanna Trollope and Jenni Murray both also provoked plenty of food for thought about writing, successful women and feminism today.
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| My birthday season colours.... |
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