Prelude 1
A brief exploration of tempo and anticipation. For Piano and Electronic Percussion.
Meditation Of My Heart
meditationofmyheart.com is a free online database of liturgical music written by me and dedicated to the memory of my uncle, Melvyn Walton. Please help me get this project up and … Continue reading
Francis I
I’m excited; personally, it feels very much like the third era of my life has started with Pope Francis. For me, JPII was The Pope. Then he died, and at … Continue reading
Moustache You A Question
Dear Reader, Welcome to Movember. The following 30 days and nights will be dedicated by millions of men (mo bros) and women (mo sistas) across the globe toward two very … Continue reading
Not Until We Are Lost
Ockham’s Razor ‘s new piece for aerial theatre, Not Until We Are Lost Somehow or other, I’ve ended up being (a very tiny) part of this show at the Nuffield … Continue reading
My Hideout
There are so many reasons why I love my home, Lancaster. It’s got that goldilocks just-the-right-size thing going on, and I could ponder the implications of this for endless paragraphs. … Continue reading
Lancaster Music Teacher
So, the music teaching site is now well on its way to finished-land. I made this pretty logo for it today and I’m rather quite chuffed with how it’s turned … Continue reading
On getting a tattoo and becoming a Doctor.
Doctor Who? So, fans of twelfth century music might like to join me in a high five for Hildegard of Bingen who has been officially proclaimed as one of the … Continue reading
Birthday Cake(s)!
Today it is my birthday. Thanks, ma and pa for bringing me into the world; thanks also to Stepping Hill hospital for providing a suitable venue, and thanks to everyone … Continue reading
Samsung ace 2 front camera test
It seems I have awful skin. And a RED Walton nose.
I’m losing weight in the wrong direction.
So, I managed to lose 21 pounds; that’s 1 & 1/2 stone in about a month, then I started gaining weight again. I’ve had a few too many treats these … Continue reading
Anyone seen my stone?
I’ve been dieting and exercising for one month now. I’ve lost 14.6 pounds. I’m not one for boasting, but this is friggin’ awesome.
Aesthetica Film Festival 2012
You may remember this film I made last Autumn. Well, just for fun, I entered it into a fairly prestigious short film festival that was way beyond my scope. Any … Continue reading
A song for my sisters
I wrote this song for my amazing sisters. They are my best friends and a huge inspiration to me all the time. Thanks for being there, sibs. jX
singsandstuff.com
Introducing my latest webular venture: james charles: sings & stuff. You may know that I’m quite fond of music; I especially love making music: singing, playing the ol’ joanna, picking … Continue reading
Skinny Lasagne
Yum. Absolutely yum… But… This week has been mental for meat consumption. I’ve quite probably eaten more meat since I started dieting than I have done since my degree. At … Continue reading
Fakeaway
A somewhat scrumptious fakeaway this evening from the Hairy Dieter’s Recipe Book: Chicken Korma, which comes in at under 300 calories, not including rice. Delicious.
Many calories. Many, many calories.
So, yesterday was Johnny’s stag do. I didn’t have breakfast because I was up most of the night before editing a video in preparation for said Stag do. Anyway, I … Continue reading
Puddles in the Park
I filmed this in Williamson Park, Lancaster, on one of those gorgeous rainy days where just have to get out there and splash around in the puddles. My nephew Joe … Continue reading
Pizza dough is jolly fat.
Ailsa makes pizza every week or so, and it’s usually much bigger than this one…
Hairy Dieters
Reblogged from something-about: The fabulous Hairy Bikers, Simon King and Dave Myers embark on a new journey and weight loss campaign; Hairy Dieters. In this series they have accepted their … Continue reading
Naughty Snack
With butter, about 400 calories. At The Cornish Bakery in Lancaster. That’s about an hour at the gym. Oh my.
Gym’ll fix it.
So, the diet is going well! I’ve been on my new regime for a week now and I’ve: been calorie counting obsessively been discovering new recipes and food done purposeful … Continue reading
Luncheon.
I am stuffed. This has been, by far, the biggest meal of my diet (one week done). We lunched at the lovely, vegetarian Whaletail Café in Lancaster (children have been … Continue reading
All for 591 calories!
A delightful dinner this evening: stuffed vegetables – (1.25 portions) 416 kcal zingy yoghurt dressing – 10 kcal pear cider – (small glass) 66 kcal strawberries with yoghurt – 99 … Continue reading
This is not a Fail.
My first bit of chocolate since the diet began; my first taste of scrumptious heaven this week. It was amazing. It was half a Kit Kat Chunky. It was amazing. It was amazing.
It was 124 calories, which is a very heavy snack, and it’ll mean cutting back on dinner this evening. It was worth it.
Sit.
So, it’s my third day of following the Beck Diet Solution Programme. day 1: write down reasons to lose weight [CHECK] day 2: choose two diets (primary and backup) [CHECK] … Continue reading
Skinny Lemon Cupcakes with Drizzly Lemon
So, another not-so-bad day for the old diet. I’ve had an amazing dinner: a low-g.i. veg currie with rice and naan and mango chutney and I even had a cupcake! … Continue reading
Clarinet From Scratch
This is ancient. I made it in April 2010 for the opening post of my blog, clarinetfromscratch.blogspot.com – I had intended to teach myself the clarinet, and to vlog the … Continue reading
The Hairy Dieters
So, the diet is going well. And, hurray, my new recipe book hath arrived. I shall update ye with tried recipes. Many of them are meaty and I’m not much … Continue reading
Reasons I want to lose weight
So, on this Beck Diet Solution, you are given a task each day. Today, the first day of the course, I have to make an ‘Advantages Response Card’, which is … Continue reading
I’ve not even had a glass of wine yet, and absolutely no chocolate
and yet I’ve already gone over my daily quota of calories. . .
Health
So, I’ve started a diet. I’m only telling you because I need some accountability. So, prepare for some regular weight updatery. Here is where I am: 195.4 pounds Here is … Continue reading
Goodbye McGee
I know; this is a school-related thing but I thought it worth sharing nevertheless. A colleague has left and we wrote a song. Here it is.
Goodbye, Bespoke Shelving
So, the packing of the house is well underway. We’ve filled two and half gazillion boxes with books and I’ve dismantled my beautiful wall of bookshelves. It took months to … Continue reading
Red White Blue
So we had to do this whole pretend to be a patriot thing at work yesterday and wear the flag colours. But which flag? you rightly ask – they’re all … Continue reading
The Big Question
Why, oh why, oh why is there still no sign of any of Gabriel Garcia Marquez‘s (translated) novels making their way to the ebook market? Surely they would sell like … Continue reading
RE: Goodbye Piano
Ok, so, after all that, the piano ain’t goin’. Long story. Huzzah.
Goodbye Piano.
The piano is getting picked up today. We’re moving house soon and can’t take it with us, so we put it up on Freegle and someone snatched it up pretty … Continue reading
Pixel Pete
When we were teenagers, Tom Harrop and me knew this chap called Pixel Pete. This may or may not have been his real name. He made Java games, did Taekwondo … Continue reading
Told you so.
I’ve been saying this for years: Phelim Kennedy occasionally has a green stripe on his head.
