ROVING JAY

It’s become easier to draw portraits, now I understand that you have to draw what you see, rather than what…

I thought this local hiking trail would be good exercise. Turns out it’s good for creativity too.

How Wild Craft Brewery is helping keep the local community together.

Watercolour and pen self-portrait with a face mask.

Join me as I begin a new journey to discover my artistic style, and get inspired to find your own.

A Covid-inspired relocation back to the heart of Culver City, Los Angeles.

After 13 years I’ve packed out life into a storage unit and sold the house for the next adventure.

I’m gathering Bookbinding Videos and Equipment resources to continue my handmade journey

Don’t let Covid stop your entrepreneurial spirit. I’m using skills I learnt nearly 40 years ago to start a new venture in 2021.

I stumbled across drawing these beach bum illustrations. It’s the start of a whimsical and joyful journey. Where will it lead?

Here’s a tour of the room I spent 11 days in quarantine in Istanbul, and how I spent my time.

Day 10 in Turkey Quarantine. See how I’m getting ready for my departure by listening to this piece of performance poetry.

Day 8 in quarantine and I’m starting to think about souvenirs.

By Day 7 I was inspired to write a poem about the Quarantine Diet. With the sun shining. Quarantine isn’t so bad.

Watch this 10 minute YouTube video about How to Paint Watercolour Figures hosted by Paul Apps

A review of the facilities during Turkey quarantine at Maltepe Istanbul.

There’s plenty of food options in Turkey Quarantine. 3 meals a day Free. Or order in.

My New Neighbours in Quarantine Checking in to Fly The biggest stress about travelling from the U.K. to Turkey during…

The biggest travel challenge is timing your travel plans with the validity of your Covid test. Enough to give you a headache.

The British version of quarantining is pretty lax. Is there any wonder that the virus is so rampant?

Borough Market is a foodie heaven, and my favorite destination when I have a layover visit to London.

Here’s the food and wine memories that linger on our tongues from our French Workaway adventure.

Greek hospitality is alive and well on Leros, an island in the Dodecanese chain untouched by mass tourism. A couple of nights here was enough to make us realize we needed to come back.

Listen in on these podcast episodes where I talk to two different travel bloggers about how they approached writing and self-publishing their travel memoirs.