Me:
Tall not short, blonde not dark, brown not blue, happy not sad, shy not rude, London not Paris, chips not mash, red not white, Irish not English, catholic not Catholic, poached not scrambled, pearl not ruby, Vermeer not Van Gogh, liquorice not caramel, tulip not rose, dog not cat, sea not lake, poem not prose, hob nob, not jaffa, velvet not silk, feather not linen, robin not thrush, pear not apple, chevre not brie, Hardy not Dickens, Thackeray not Trollope, Debussy not Wagner, piano not violin, sand not snow, Empire not Louis, oak not ash, lime not lemon, fizz not flat, log not coal, steel not brass, and I love Christmas, but only once a year.
And now I can add: Oxford, not Cambridge.
BO’s favourite painting, and why he called his book
The Audacity to Hope
Okathleen's Weblog 
Love the banner. Who is the artist? Looks like Lucian Freud meets Norman Rockwell meets Reubens.
By: fadingad on January 14, 2009
at 10:04 pm
came to your blog via Maria ede weaving, you write beautifully and i will visit agin
Trish x
By: trish on January 16, 2009
at 12:01 pm
luckyloom1 said 13 hours ago:
Hello Kathleen,
Popped over to your blog – you are a fantastic writer Kathleen. Will pop back again soon. Hope your studies go well.
M xxx
By: okathleen on January 16, 2009
at 2:46 pm
I love your describtion of yourself – very creative! Nice blog as well.
By: Christine Fonseca on January 19, 2009
at 7:07 am
You’re brilliant with words, Kathleen, simply magnificent. Louvre not Tate. da Vinci not Warhol.
Thanks for the comment on my blog by the way. Coming from such a talented person I felt really flattered.
By: Thiago on January 22, 2009
at 3:04 am
Kudos to you. Great blog. Very creative.
By: Ginger on January 22, 2009
at 4:08 am
Very good blog. One of the few to mention Northwich, my original home town, though do I gather you are not a fan?!
By: Martin Edwards on January 22, 2009
at 11:06 am
Nothing wrong with Northwich that half a dozen bulldozers couldn’t fix,
or tens of millions of gbp’s…!
By: okathleen on January 22, 2009
at 11:25 am
Like the blog. Your writing confuses me, which is good. That means I’m about to learn something.
Be well, and at peace,
Phil
By: pcadams on January 26, 2009
at 1:38 am
“Complexity can be felt as a stone in the shoe of good writing, yet complexity might be part of the writer’s long and sometimes stony journey to simplicity (…) Art conceals art… If we accept that writing makes you think, and that the formation of knowledge depends partly on the complex and often playful process of writing, then what role does the process of writing play on that moving edge of knowledge?”
Confused? You will be!
By: okathleen on January 26, 2009
at 7:21 am
Have you been sneaking into my house to paint me while I am sleeping? I love Lucian Freud (is it he?) – almost makes me feel normal in the stomach department!
By: alliemac5 on January 26, 2009
at 1:15 pm
Great description!
By: pamiejane on January 26, 2009
at 1:45 pm
wow! you write a lot and you have a nice blog. cheers!
By: joshidaniel on February 1, 2009
at 4:51 am
Enjoying your blog, particularly your self-description. All my best!
By: redtreetimes on February 1, 2009
at 6:50 pm
By your self-description you have a lot in common with a lot of people!
By: Tony Trainor on February 25, 2009
at 12:45 pm