3BT – sunseeking, the boundary, mental melodies
1. The mint shoots tilt south. 2. Lily and the dog stare at each other across the beck, like forbidden lovers kept apart. Then suddenly the spell is broken: they run to each other and bounce around in the water. 3. The songs whirling in my head, I dance along the tarmac line while waiting [...]
3BT – t-shirt weather, beg you hear our play, pink again
1. For the second day in a row, we head out for a walk unencumbered by jackets or jumpers. The dog is in the beck more than out. The stretch of pasty skin between my trainers & my (long) shorts is spattered with mud by the time we return home. 2. They look at each [...]
3BT – go south, we’ll get there, sense pleasure
1. Instead of going north into the woods as normal, we decide at the last moment to go south instead. We explore the delightful enclave of cottages in the hidden dell, cross the ford – the first I’ve ever seen – and head into the other woods instead. 2. Amidst the chaos of the rehearsal, [...]
3BT – musty, dusty, surreal, feral, exploration
1. My fingers smell of old, dried glue. 2. A circle of matte green-grey shoots have appeared in the garden. Only time will tell what they’ll be. 3. As I leave the theatre, a woman is holding a fake hand prop in her arms like a sleeping baby. 4. Carbon spot it first: a fox [...]
3BT – a riddler, the magic hour, backstage
1. My feed reader empty for a change, I’m at a loss for something to read while I drink my post-lunch tea. I stumble upon an audio slideshow about a riddler on the Guardian’s website. The style of the narration grates at times but the pictures and process are fascinating. My tea goes cold as [...]
3BT – wildlife and silliness
1. The squirrel returns for another nut-fest – and brings three of its friends. All four of them run wildly around the balcony, up & down the steps, over the fencing and into the elderberry tree, picking up nuts on fly-bys. We watch through the window, as intrigued as the cats. 2. In the time [...]
