Vicki Steward's Blog, page 5
March 31, 2023
A Home in Glastonbury
A new estate agency has opened in Glastonbury offering a revolutionary new tenant and landlord matching service, their ambitions don’t end there though – they hope to play their part in eliminating poverty in the town.
The Right Vibe
Sierra Bruton-Frome – One of Aaron’s friendly teamEstate Agent Aaron Sole decided to set up the new agency after noticing that many landlords had very specific requirements when letti...
March 27, 2023
Glastonbury Repair Cafe
I recently spent a Saturday morning finding out about Glastonbury’s Repair Cafe, their mission is “To reduce waste by repair, showing you how and saving you money!”
The Repair Cafe is giving not only broken household items a new lease of life, but also enriching the lives of the volunteers and the people who have come along with things to fix. It’s a friendly, social space, with a strong sense of common purpose. There’s a good range of age...
March 17, 2023
Love Glastonbury
We are seeing a blossoming of new volunteer initiatives in Glastonbury, in response to the crises that are impacting the lives of all of us right now – food and fuel poverty, climate change and loneliness. In a world which is increasingly fractured, deliberately fostering human connection becomes a radical act. I’ve been finding out about Love Glastonbury, a charity which don’t just distribute food but also spreads unconditional love ...
March 8, 2023
Glastonbury Women
Glastonbury is a town of strong women. That was certainly my impression when I first moved here in 1993 and it remains true today. One of the reasons I moved here was to escape the sexism, racism and homophobia that was simply regarded as ‘normal’ in the small town I came from. I grew up in the seventies and eighties in a world where women were still generally seen as more decorative than powerful. It was a world where ‘girly’ calendars adorned the walls of many workpla...
December 15, 2022
Glastonbury Yuletide Windows 2022
As you’d expect from a town full of creative people, Glastonbury always manages to give us a visual feast of Christmas window displays, here are a few of my favourites. Click on the photo for a bigger version and to see which shop it is.
I always look forward to Yin Yang’s window, they are real works of art, they didn’t disappoint with this year’s display, proving they have more baubles than most.
I hope you enjoyed these, if you want to see more you are going to have to come and...
December 7, 2022
Mocking the Glastonbury Christmas Tree
Glastonbury has an ever-growing calendar of seasonal celebrations, but there is one event that is guaranteed to bring everyone, from the born and bred local to the newest incomer, together in joy and merriment. That is the yearly ritual of mocking the Town’s Christmas Tree. Each year, when the tree is erected in the days before Frost Fayre, the townspeople can be heard complaining that the tree is too tall, too small, too slim, too uneven, too wonky, too sparse or ju...
November 22, 2022
Winter Solstice Gifts from Normal For Glastonbury
Looking for the perfect Yuletide gift for someone who loves Glastonbury Town? All of these gift ideas feature my writing and photographs and I pack and mail out the orders with my own fair hands, so you are supporting a very small local business and your purchase helps me to continue keeping you informed and entertained here on the blog and on social media.
The Calendar – even better for 2023!My Crap Views Wall Calendar was really popular last Christmas and I’ve made it even better ...
October 21, 2022
Debbie De Mornay Penny
A lovely chat with the illustrator of the new edition of ‘Normal For Glastonbury’.
The Illustrated edition of Normal For Glastonbury is the first collaborative work I’ve done as a writer. As I work on my own I get to be a bit of a control freak, for the first edition of the book I even did the cover art and the layout myself. However, when I first saw Glastonbury-based illustrator Debbie De Mornay’s drawings I knew they would be perfect to accompany my writing. I was quite nervous about w...
October 15, 2022
2023 Glastonbury Town Events
I’m so glad we can be reasonably confident of Glastonbury’s regular calendar of events going ahead next year, it’s wonderful to see the town come alive, there is literally something on every weekend, which makes the place vibrant in any season. I compiled this list of the major Glastonbury Town Events taking place in 2023 for my Crap Views of the Tor Calendar. I’m hoping you’ve purchased one and you are using it to plan your next visit to the town. If you’re local perhaps you are planning your ...
October 7, 2022
Crap Views of Glastonbury Tor Calendar 2023
My ‘Crap Views of Glastonbury Tor’ full-colour A3 Wall Calendar for 2023 is now available. It’s fun, quirky, practical and makes the ideal gift!
Some years ago I challenged myself to start taking photos of the Tor that would never make it onto a picture postcard, but ironically they became so popular on my Normal For Glastonbury blog that I turned them into a book of postcards, the postcards were so popular that last year I decided to put the same images on a calendar. The calendar was very ...
