- When I grow up I want to be a fictional writerby Jodie Beckford on January 20, 2025 at 11:58 am
They have it all, don’t they? Writers on TV shows and in films spend their days swanning about, visiting bookshops, eating their bodyweight in muffins without gaining an ounce of weight, drinking coffee like it’s water and their bladders are made of iron. Their time is their own.
- The thing in the kitchenby Jodie Beckford on January 5, 2025 at 3:05 pm
A bit of flash fiction on this bleak winter’s day There’s something living in my kitchen ceiling. It moved in about three weeks ago. At first I thought it might be my cat playing around on the roof, as he is wont to do when he has a corpse he wants to toy with. But…
- Of trails and talesby Jodie Beckford on December 30, 2024 at 6:07 pm
The past few months have been a time of rediscovery for me. My love for long-distance hiking has returned! In previous iterations (I believe it was Jo versions 2.1 and 2.3), I did a lot of hiking and camping and long distance walking with the then partners who I shared both hearth and hobbies with…
- Running and Camping and Showing Some Artby Jodie Beckford on June 22, 2024 at 10:26 am
It’s been a busy old month at Chez Beckford. Between projects and challenges and the daily grind, it’s been hard to find a moment to sit down and record it all, but things are finally starting to slow down, so here’s a quick roundup of what’s been happening. Running for MS research I mentioned in…
- Running with dogsby Jodie Beckford on May 4, 2024 at 3:38 pm
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person who cohabits with a dog must certainly want to go running with her. I mean, it seemed like the logical idea at the time. I want to run every day in May to raise money for the International Multiple Sclerosis Fund. I live with a dog…