Return to Solstice

May 13, 2022

I am happy to report that the first draft of Avalon ~ the Glastonbury Zine has now been completed :) Next up for me now is to proofread the articles and edit the photography and carry out a little in-page design. I am going to take a rest for the next couple of days though to enjoy the weekend. Catch you all on the other side... :o)

Juggling Projects

May 12, 2022

 I've been cracking on with the Avalon project at a fair pace. But after the first draft of it has been done,  I will have to ease back on its progress to concentrate on the second draft of Solstice. Oh, and that Gower book I had to put on hold because of illness wrecking my creativity, well, my mind has finally returned to this delayed project. The book won't be as first envisioned, but… Well, I'll speak further on this matter soon...

Apple

My homage to Paul Caponigro's excellent Galaxy Apple photograph.


 'Twas a tasty fruit too :)

Solstice Denouement - Draft 2

May 9, 2022




Glastonbury Zine (Day 8)

May 8, 2022

Would you like to see the cover for the inaugural is of Avalon ~ The Glastonbury Zine? Well here is how it is looking so far. Remember, you have less than 92 days to wait to get a physical copy of the publication in your hands. And if you have content you would like to see printed in Issue 2 of Avalon, get in contact.

My outside office :)

May 7, 2022

The Glastonbury Zine (Day 6/100)

May 6, 2022

Worked all day. I have about half of the first article written about the night I spent on Wearyall Hill. All the photos for that feature are ready to go. I have also sorted the images for the photo essay that follows immediately from that first article in the upcoming first issue of Avalon - The Glastonbury Zine

Please find a few images from the zine below:




Avalon ~ The Glastonbury Zine (Day 5)

May 5, 2022

Day 5 of my 100 Day Challenge to get a Glastonbury zine up and running sees a new Facebook Page up and running. Feel free to like and follow this page. And if you have any writing, photography or art you would like to share on the page or in the zine itself, please get in touch...




I also sorted all the images for the first article that will feature in the zine, and worked out how to follow this first article with a photo essay...

Avalon ~ The Glastonbury Zine

May 04, 2022

Probably the best bench in Glastonbury

"Whenever my mind turns to Glastonbury, I always remember the times I spent there atop Wearyall Hill. Once I spent hours on its summit in the freezing snow of a Winter’s solstice, having mistimed the sunrise! Sat there in the complete darkness, I still remember the chill and the shuffling and munching noises of the local sheep, made mysterious in the blackness of the night, who came to keep me company. It was as though it had happened only yesterday..."

- snippet from the upcoming issue 1 of Avalon -The Glastonbury zine


Despite the nagging of The Soosh,  I managed to get the new Avalon zine website up and running today :) 



I have also sorted the imagery that will accompany the article I am writing for the physical Avalon zine, some of which you can see below:








I like the images above as I think they illustrate the stark polarities that characterise the human condition. In this instance, people who go out of their way to wantonly kill something as innocent as a tree and those who cherished and actually loved the now sadly demised Glastonbury Thorn. I count myself lucky to have had the opportunity of both witnessing and recording the ceremony. Sadly, even the trunk of the tree has now been removed from the hill :(

Anyway, I think that's enough work done for today...