The Chesterfield is everywhere. It is found in the dark corners of cosy dive bars. It's in the window of the cafe, where elegant people sip on their bean juice. And recently, it has dominated my Facebook

TLDR: Realise fan is broken Call electrician expecting big bill Get kitchen chair and put into shower cubicle Break plastic shroud of old fan trying to elegantly get it off Undo 3 screws. Catch old fan

Just go with it.

A few weekends ago, I did something rare. I ventured out of the house with a direct plan of what it was I was going to eat, on account of not knowing what I would encounter. Now, you are probably going

Have you ever sat down at the shore, and looked out upon the waves that crash upon it? With each tug of the moon’s gentle craters, the ocean scratches away at the shore line before receding back toward

Since I moved house, I've been regularly going to the gym. I am approaching forty years of age, and with that, some biological clocks start to tick more rapidly. Pain is felt more keenly, flexibility and

I recently published a short story, The Oak Edition - which forms one of the many stories in an anthology of fiction that I would like to write. The next one that I want to write is about a scientist making

I've played every single mainline Final Fantasy game - except the cursed XI. I haven't finished Final Fantasy XVI yet, because every time I do, the music puts me to sleep. I also haven't finished Final

I've known about the existence of this particular community for quite some time, but as someone with a website, an instagram page, and a fistful of dollars earned from photography in the time I've drawn

One month on. It is now one month since I last held the status of "full time employee". After thirteen years at the business I worked at, I was given a retrenchment package, and for the most

It was a Saturday. I had a long day planned. In the morning, I wanted to go and see an exhibition called "Forever", which focused on human mortality, memory, ageing, and the general fragility

Every year, or every few months, or every, some unspecified length of time, I get to thinking about the relationship of time, light and photography, and every time; I want to write about it. Like a lot

Have you ever imagined Hive without seeing its reward mechanism? I got excited when I logged in today as I was trying to change my reward default to 100% powerup for my post and comments. I found this

Before I had a beard, I had Within Temptation CDs. Before I even had Within Temptation CDs, I did not know that my lifelong (so far) love affair with female fronted metal would begin with obsessively listening

I cannot recall if I've mentioned anywhere on HVIE that I have taken up playing the piano. Come to think of it, I think that I have, but only really in the replies to comments of things about other pieces

At my old house, I had a squat rack, a bench, and about 130KG of plates. I used them every single day for about 12 months, and I was pretty strong, and feeling like I was on top of the world. Now, there's

Some time ago, I wrote a post about buying my dream lens. That lens was none other than the Nikon 85mm f/1.2 and at long last, I decided to use it. The result is the single, following image, where I gave

I get this feeling sometimes that the world's playing with me, a little bit at a time. By which I mean, jiggles me by the odds and gawky, loosey-goosey ends. I wonder sometimes what my life would look

A few days ago, I was browsing LinkedIn, as I'm in a position where I'm looking for a change. As I doom scrolled through the feeds of my connections, it was confronting, and surprising to see a post from

Hiking in Terepaima National Park / We reached the mountain “The Elephant” 🐘 [ESP-ENG]. Este es el segundo video de nuestro recorrido al Cerro “El Elefante” en el Parque Nacional Terepaima; Si no sabes