Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle

Great Houghton, a mining village near Barnsley: a locally held belief is that the first shots of the English Civil War were fired here. I can't find any reference on the net though. Both Nottingham and Hull have well documented rival claims. The village does have one of the few Commonwealth era built chapels in the country.

Thurnscoe, near Rotherham, the next village though; only a mile away. At various periods has claimed to be the largest village in England; with a current population of over eleven thousand.

I go to the shops to see what discontinued items and out-of-date food I can find.

I write my blog daily and look forward to how many pageviews, visitors and comments I get.

Most Friday and Saturday evenings I go to my friend's house and we watch videos/DVDs.

I visit my parents every three weeks or so.

I write poetry in the hope that it might get published (quite often it does.)

My brother visits me once a week.

Most days I spend about an hour online talking to an old schoolfriend using the webcam.

That's all...but every one of these activities is precious to me; they are my contacts with the rest of society.