Helen McCookerybook

On the way to meet Diana and her dogs for coffee and walkies, I passed through Finchleys East, West and Central, and the usual 'driving ...

I have been worrying a lot about Humpty Dumpty recently. What if the egg hatched halfway down to the ground and the bird flew out? All Syste...

What a lovely sunny day! Last night after an accidental spill of huge quantities of melted red crayon wax (art project of Offsprog-1) on my ...

The Spandau/Duran/BoyGeorge 80s largely passed me by on an alien track, as I belonged to a group of further-out bands and musicians who play...

I picked Martin up at Luton and we whizzed up to the Rose and Crown in Chesterfield, which was a mistake, as that wasn't where we were p...

Tonight, I'm playing at the Rose and Crown, High Street. Barlborough, Chesterfield, Midlands S41 8L supporting Martin Stephenson; and to...

I haven't quite finished this one yet but I will tomorrow

McSis loved jelly: yum yum, as much as she could get her little hands on. At the beach in Scotland we were all playing happily on the cold p...

Well, today I did 2 hours drawing and 0 hours housework. Rather nice. This drawing is one of a series I will be doing for an old-timey album...

Can't believe it... was up at 6.30 making a pancake power breakfast for remaining home sproglet who has an art exam today, mixing batter...

1. Put a boiled sweet in the bottom of your handbag to collect stray bits of fluff. 2. Put some fluff in the bottom of your handbag to stop ...

I've just been sitting on the dock of the bay in the sunshine at the University of the East, eating a fruit salad and watching London Ci...

The last couple of nights have been nights from another planet. On Sunday, a flowery-shorted thug threw next door's massive plant-pot fu...

The guitar weekend happens at Friar's Carse just outside Dumfries, a beautiful and tranquil old building with pictures of Rabbie Burns o...