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Continue reading →: 100 sunrises and sunsetsOne of the things I miss most about backpacking is watching the sunset every day. Living in the city makes it hard to see a horizon. Good sunsets rarely align with a clear view point though, damn, have I tried to find them in hilly Birmingham. Living in a latitude…
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Continue reading →: The hill I couldn’t climb
Every January 2nd, we go away somewhere with big skies for a few days – to have a think and read books and walk and look at sunsets and reconnect and make plans for the year ahead. It’s a great way to start the year and offers a crisp restart…
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Continue reading →: Splits challenge FAILSpoiler alert: I didn’t pull off doing the splits after 12 months of trying. It was no big surprise as I didn’t make the required effort to get any more flexible. Plus I was pretty much starting from cold each time – I probably should have filmed it after a…
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Continue reading →: A walk underneath Spaghetti JunctionBirmingham’s famous 1972 concrete megastructure – which criscrosses the M6 and various other slip roads and expressways – makes as much sense from below as it does from above. Probably less so once you add in the Tame River, a fishing lake, three canals, a train track and those swooping…
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Continue reading →: Sleeping to an escalating world of weird ASMR podcasts
I wanted to try doing a daily meditation. Everyone seemed to be recommending it. It’s good for mental health, racing minds, anxiety, stress, a better night’s sleep, so that’s how I got suckered in. It wasn’t for the entertainment. At first. From meditation apps to sleep triggers I started by…
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Continue reading →: 2019 in colours
The flattened, non-video version of this year-long photo diary project.
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Continue reading →: Independent toes pt 2
Having set the goal of achieving independent toes – good for ageing, balance, gait, etc – I finally got around to videoing the challenge 11 months on. Well, at least they all move on command. When I started practising, a very weird thing happened. I’d be willing one of those awkward…
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Continue reading →: Year-long photo project based on the colours of the rainbowAs humans we tend to look for patterns and perhaps see shapes in clouds or faces in objects. I’m definitely a human who likes to organise and categorise and edit. Back in January I had that fresh, free, new year reset feeling and kind of went a bit mad on…
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Continue reading →: Stirchley – Seven Capital’s retail park amended plans
Comments sent 30/11/19 to Birmingham planning, application number 2018/10370/PA. Deadline for comments: Sunday 1 December 2019. — To comment: go to the council planning portal at https://eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/ApplicationSearch.aspx and put in the planning application number in the search box, making sure there are no extra spaces at the end, or you’ll…
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Continue reading →: Stirchley – Seven Capital’s outline plans for residential development
Comments sent 29/11/19 to Birmingham planning, application number 2018/10368/PA. Deadline for comments: Sunday 1 December 2019. — To comment: go to the council planning portal at https://eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/ApplicationSearch.aspx and put in the planning application number in the search box, making sure there are no extra spaces at the end, or you’ll get no…
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Fiona Cullinan 