Southern Cemetery
It occurred to me that I had never visited Southern Cemetery other than when I had attended a funeral at the Crematorium. None of my relatives are buried here, as there is a preference in my family for cremation. Of those who are buried they are either in Rochdale Cemetery or Philips Park and these are Grandparents who died when I was a child or distant relatives, I may have visited them once or twice but it’s never been a habit in our family. We just live with them in our memories. For those who do visit I feel this must be a great comfort. I’ve long been intrigued by Southern Cemetery but never felt I had any place there. I lived nearby for a time but never visited, although a housemate used to jog through and I guess people do that all the time. It’s also recommended on some walking routes, so I decided yesterday finally to visit. I found it generally to be a place of peace and nature, and a celebration of so many who came to rest there eventually.
Blackpool Illuminations 2020
Untypical Edinburgh
My first trip to Edinburgh was a good taster, and very enjoyable despite the rain and lack of festival that was cancelled because of the Covid 19 Pandemic. Being someone who gets a bit claustrophobic in crowds I found my visit just about busy enough, it was not desolate, there were tourists but I did not feel cramped. I would love to see it in full swing in the future, should funds allow and if I can grit my teeth and deal with being crowded. I’ve posted this here today in celebration of good health, and undiminished sense of adventure and discovering a new feature on my phone that allows me to make and share sideshows easily. I’m amazed at how long I haven’t blogged for, I may start blogging some more now that life has become somewhat slower and my demanding office job as a University Programme Administrator isn’t tiring me quite so much due to working from home. There is more time for thought and reflection. That was always something I’d been curious about, so it’ s good to experience it.
Lockdown Breakaway to Edinburgh
Bokeh Yeah! Timeline Poetry Film Screening Tonight at HOME
Tonight is the culmination of a project I’ve been co-ordinating for Manchester filmmakers Bokeh Yeah! Phew, we finally made it 🙂 http://poetryfilm.org/2016/03/13/bokeh-yeah-timeline-poem-film-challenge-screens-at-home-manchester-29-march-2016/
Overcome the Side-effects of a Work from Home Lifestyle
You don’t have to work from home (WFH) to enjoy this post, but it helps (joking) A really entertaining read 🙂 I work in an office.
As someone who regularly works from home (WFH), I can certainly appreciate some of the benefits – I live where I want to live, I have no commute and I don’t have germ-ridden co-workers getting me sick. These are all good things for sure, but after doing the WFH lifestyle now for several years, I’m beginning to experience what I think might be some side-effects. For example:
- I have a lovely wardrobe of house pants, comfy socks, flip-flops and slippers, but my career attire seems to be lacking or no longer fits, which brings me to #2.
- I’m starting to get a muffin-top, but didn’t really start noticing (thanks to the elasticity of my house pants) until I tried to squeeze myself into jeans and then…there it was…spilling over…Mr. muffin-top. Very reminiscent of my life as a lady of leisure with a flourishing muffin top.
- I talk to out…
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Timeline Poem Film Challenge : Round 2
Here’s some exciting news for local Filmmakers. Bokeh Yeah! is soon to launch another round of theTimeline Poem Film Challenge and are looking for DSLR filmmakers to get on board. This year, we have teamed up with Carcanet Press, Flapjack Press and Commonword who will be offering a wide range of works to choose from by published poets they are working with. The final screening of the films will be at at HOME in February 2016 will be in conjunction with The Manchester Literature Festival and there is an opportunity to win a £300 cash prize.
All the poems submitted have been previously published in print so this is a fabulous opportunity to create a film for your slate. Previous films created with Bokeh Yeah! have been chosen to screen at international film festivals, including those specifically featuring poem films. We will again be promoting films created for this challenge to those festivals.
How can I get involved? If you’re asking yourself this question, well I have some good news for you. On Tuesday 7th July Bokeh Yeah! will be holding a ‘Meet the Publishers’ event. Carcanet Press, Flapjack Press and Commonword will be at this session to introduce themselves and explain about the choice of poems on offer. The meeting will take place at MadLab (36-40 Edge Street, Manchester M4 1HN) on Tuesday July 7 from 7pm. We will present some of the poems here for you to have sneak preview of before our official launch on 4th August ( same time, same place).
Please note that as Bokeh Yeah! is an unfunded community organisation there is no budget for these films but there is a cash prize of £300 for the winning film, which will be judged by an independent panel of film and literature specialists. These will be confirmed nearer to the final screening event. This prize will be equally shared between the winning filmmaker and poet.
Manchester School of Dentistry Marketing Animation
Not strictly a film work this but a marketing video I was asked to review and update, by Paul Coulthard (Head of School) whilst working at The School of Dentistry at Manchester University. This was a side project during office temp work that I’m doing which came my way because they found out I did a spot of film making in my spare time and was interested in media production. It was pretty much like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. I was reworking a piece put together on aftereffects 3 years ago with a whole batch of new photographs taken by a freelance photographer the school had hired. My task was to develop the wording to give the film more impact and select appropriate imagery to bring it all to life. It was a piece of work I wrote and directed and was put together by Mandy Tootill in their Graphics Support Unit. This video is now being used at conferences to market the School of Dentistry. Hoping this is the start of more media/communications projects there.
School of Dentistry Exhibition Stands
While working at Manchester University’s School of Dentistry I have been asked to design some exhibition stands that they will be taking out to conferences. These are three Pop Up Exhibition Stands which will replace three older ones that they are currently using.
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