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• On The Blink

  

  It's been another superbly sunny day in the jewel of the north and your Saturday blogger has been flagging - just waiting on the cool of evening to get a bit... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beacons of Hope

  

  I absolutely love lighthouses ! When I walk the back entrance to the North Euston Hotel in Fleetwood I always have to stop and admire the paintings on the... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lighthouse - La Corbiere

  

  One good reason for having an airport in Blackpool was that we could fly to Jersey in just under an hour, collect our pre-booked hire car and arrive at our hote... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beautiful Losers

  

  Excitement and tension mount in equal measure in the traditional 'home' of football. It is going to be a nerve-shredding week! England may never have a better... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• World Cup - Three Lions

  

  A few World Cup memories. I was there in sixty-six. By ‘there’ I mean sat on the floor doing some artwork with my World Cup Willie colouring set, in front of a... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Malay Pantoum

  

  Crikey, the pantoum! Another prescriptively structured verse form to bend our creative efforts to. This one has its origins in the scripted pantun berkait of... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pantoum

  

  I have never written a pantoum but have to rise to the challenge because it keeps the little grey cells working. I had to scout around the net - Stephen Fry say... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pantoum Challenge

  

  I wonder if you are a person who likes a challenge? Do you like to test yourself and extend the range of what you can do or achieve? Or are you content with wha... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pantoum - For My Paternal Grandfather

  

  The Pantoum - I don’t think I’ve encountered this poetry form before. I’ve played about with it during the last few days, but didn’t write anything worth... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Babel

  

  Towers have always been aspirational in form and intent; imposing structures reaching up to the heavens; testament variously to religious conviction, civic... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tower

  

  Sorry folks - I have been remiss. I haven't managed to blog for a few weeks. Time has escaped me during the run up to our performance at The Grand Theatre on... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tower - Jewel of the North West Coast

  

  My son once told me that he could just about see Blackpool Tower if he stuck he his head out of the rear Velux window in his new loft conversion bedroom. Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bucket Lists

  

  are funny ones. No one wants to die unaccomplished and bored but the problem is sometimes bucket lists are so expensive, unrealistic or bizarre that you might... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bucket List

  

  On the whole I'm quite a fan of lists. Making a list helps me organise and prioritise what I need to do (as long as I stick to it once I've drawn it up). Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Slippers - What's The Point?

  

  It's nearly Midsummer and we're expected to bend our minds to slippers? I can't be doing with them at the best of times and haven't possessed a pair since I... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Slippers

  

  I like wearing slippers- not those as of in 'days of olde' but velvet, plush, fur lined,zip-up, velcro-fastened or slip on with a good rubber sole. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Slippers - Real Or Fairytale?

  

  Not counting the mandatory footwear that I had to take into hospital then threw away afterwards, I can’t remember the last time I had a pair of slippers. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Zest 4 Life

  

  The word of the week has to be appetence. It's also the given theme for the blog. Like my fellow Dead Good Bloggers I wasn't exactly sure of its meaning. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Appetence - Seems It's All We Need.

  

  I hate to admit that the word appetence is new to me. Despite my English degree, this word has escaped my notice. I had to look it up. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Appetence - We'll Get What We Need

  

  “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you’ll find you get what you need…” from the Jagger Richards composition, You Can’t Always Get... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION