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• Wonderland

  

  ! No contest, as far as I'm concerned. It's bookshops and what you find within, which is books (obviously) and what you find within them, which in turn is... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wonderland: Imagination and Words

  

  When I think of ‘Wonderland’, I plummet down a dark hole with Alice into a curious land of the small, the tall, talking animals, and other strange oddities. Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wonderland

  

  Oh my fur and whiskers! I thought this was going to be a straight forward look back at the story through memories of my own family’s dog-eared copy of the book. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wonderland - My Happy Place

  

  I’m privileged to be in my happy place in this season of Winter Wonderland and witness again the splendour of the Dumfries and Galloway countryside. Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sugaree

  

  Welcome to this dancing, sparkling, late-night Sugaree Saturday blog. Sweet liberties will be taken herein, not (I hasten to assure you) to browbeat anyone abou... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Solitaire

  

  When I consider the word 'solitaire' I remember a small wooden board, filled with indentations and small marbles. Although I am aware of this, I have no clue ho... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' December Open Mic Night

  

  Our next virtual open mic night...Come and join us online for the evening, to read and/or to listen along.Steve :-) Email ThisBlogThis! Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Solitaire - Alone

  

  My mother loved her diamond solitaire ring and wore it all the time. It was a gift from my father, bought in Hatton Gardens on one of their trips to London. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Compass Points

  

  I didn't know that there are 32 compass points, each marking off 11.25 degrees of our happy planetary sphere and each with its official title as depicted in... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Compass

  

  The geographic North Pole is the northern point of Earth's axis of rotation. The North Pole is found in the Arctic Ocean, on constantly shifting pieces of sea... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Twilight (Of The Gods)

  

  The Beatles released their 'final' 45rpm single this week. "Now And Then " came out in a blaze of worldwide promotional glory on Thursday backed by their very... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Twilight

  

  is twilight isn’t it? That lovely time between day and night where, if you’re lucky, there’s a soft glow infusing a sort of magic in the air, when windows... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Twilight - North and South

  

  "Twilight - The soft glowing light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon, caused by the reflection of the sun's rays from the atmosphere."We enjoyed a... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' November Open Mic Night

  

  Our next virtual open mic night....Hope some of you can join us.Steve :-) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Showtime

  

  I've been listening again recently to Jason Isbell's excellent 'Southeastern' album during my gym sessions. There's a couplet in the song "Different Days" that... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Showtime: A Filmgoer's Diary

  

  I have no idea how The Filmgoer's Diary (D. Harper Co. Ltd, London) for 1956 came into my collection. It is one of a copious number of objects and ephemera... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Glittering Prize?

  

  At the best of times, tension between Israelis and Palestinians has been a festering wound in the Middle East. Recently that wound has flared up again in the... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Glittering Prize

  

  I was a competitive modern ballroom and Latin American dancer from the tender age of 10. My partner David and I spent many hours practising the routines we... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Glittering Prize - Meaningful Things

  

  I have some works of art in my house. Some are on display, others are stored for safe keeping. They are items made by my children and grandchildren, presented t... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Canals Of Mars

  

  Faced with a familiar problem, having written both blogs and poems about canals before, I figured my only recourse this week was to seek inspiration from the re... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION