Those of you who read Bright Meadow the old fashioned way (i.e., not in an RSS reader!) might just have noticed a few changes around the place.
Yes, I’m switching themes - I was just getting heartily sick of the old K2 (quiet Rich )
Yes, I’m doing it live - I know I should sandbox [...]

One hundred and one subscribers to my RSS feed? Wow, where did y’all come from? Not that I want you to go away again, just… Man, it’s good to see you.
If anyone fancies delurking and introducing themselves, please do. Everyone’s lovely and friendly here

Why is it always when you have posts you want comments on, something goes wrong?
If you’re getting an error message that says “Could not process submit, please try again“, you are not the only one. Please bear with me whilst I try and get to the bottom of the problem.
If you have anything you want [...]

Now I’m hoping you will all disregard the mammoth post that slipped through from ‘private’ to ‘published’ late last night. It’s not for public consumption yet, so delete it from your RSS readers. Please!

Just to let you know I’m off for the weekend - I expect to be back late afternoon/early evening on Sunday, so whether there will be a Roast or not is 50/50.
If you need to get hold of me and are one of the lucky few who have my mobile number, use that. If not [...]

And everyone can take the shades off their eyes now.
October is over and Bright Meadow is no longer that hideous, garish, burning shade of pink *
I don’t regret a minute of turning Pink for October and I will be doing it again next year, though hopefully with a slightly more tasteful (and liveable with) approach [...]

Note well, all my fine feathered international friends: the clocks changed here in the UK this weekend and went back an hour. Which means were are now on GMT.

Following numerous grumbles, I’ve decided not to have the ‘mini meadow’ section in the sidebar any more.
Whilst I did like these little asides, they weren’t really noticeable unless you read the site via RSS, and large chunks of my readership were missing out on some fun conversations. So they are no more (the asides, not [...]

I have a question for you all and I want you to answer. If you are a lurker who doesn’t want to be seen in the comments, fair enough, use the contact form to email me, but I do want answers.
What sort of feeds would me to provide for Bright Meadow? The sidebar contains three [...]

I’m in the midst of the most almighty spam flood at the moment - we’re talking tens of pieces a minute. I’m shutting comments off on the posts that seem to be attracting the most attention and watching my moderation and Akismet queues like a hawk. There’s not really much else I can do. I’m [...]