Ashleylister

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• Sheep on a Hill

  WHAT IS THIS LIGHT!Oh it's morning. Daybreak bursting through the crack in my curtains infecting my light starved eyes with blurred pain. DAM! It's like this... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Birth Rights

  George. It was a name that featured fairly prominently in our ‘potential children of the future list’. Links in the family, quite traditional, not as common... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wish You Weren't Here...

  by Ashley Lister The theme this week is the back yard. Specifically, it's the phrase, "not in my back yard". Sadly, abundant in my back yard, are these things. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not in My Back Garden...

  

  So the theme for this week is 'Not in my back yard...' Well I don’t have a back yard, not since we moved from Liverpool to Blackpool for the bracing sea air... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Literal Interpretation

  

  Not In My Back Yard arbouraviarybee hivebenchbird bathchickenscompost heapdeckingfire pitgnomegranite sculpturekoi carplabradorlanternslawnminiature... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Drip, Drip, Drip... SPLASH!!

  The sound of time passing isn't the tick of a clock but the dripping of a tap. We are permeable: transient creatures, soaking up particles of who knows what fro... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Native Garden.

  The woods are my back-garden, Or what little there is left, With mankind drumming the earth for fuel, Leaving native animals bereft. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Not in My Backyard

  Rip up the landscape,Lay down the tracks,Let them who claim to lead us,Get quickly there and back.Through this green and pleasant land,From the smoke around... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Mystery Beds

  I used to worry what was under my bed.As a child I kept monsters there, which were useful for imaginative writing even if I never actually got around to it. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• And So to Bed

  

  by Ashley Lister OMG. WTF? FFS. There are some days when I despise modern life. Admittedly, I ♥ my smartphone, and I love broadband, microwave pizza and... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Cast Iron Skillet Will Sort out Most of the Dark Things...

  For children, monsters are real. As a parent this means you need to believe in them too. To ignore the monsters is to tell your children you have no faith in... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Before I Wake

  

  The reason we fear the space under the bed is linked to our need to feel secure when we sleep. When we surrender to the leaden eyelids, the urge to drool freely... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Monster's out in the Woods.

  People have always loved to be frightened. It doesn’t stop at being a child. It just stops at there being monsters under the bed and broadens into much more... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2013 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Did You Check Under Your Bed?

  Whether you believe in fairies or not, one should never take the chance. Because what if you're wrong? What if all those things are real? Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Toy Soldiers.

  What a week! We've had scorching weather, an Ashes win (the latest of many, hopefully) and are due a royal baby any day now. Summer is officially upon us, and... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Life in Toys

  

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  Posted on 13 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Best Toy in the World.

  This is possibly the most boring advert ever for something that is supposedly the best toy in the world! Even the developer riding 'the rocket' seems innately... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dusty Toys and Other Cliches

  

  Little Boy Blueby Eugene Field The little toy dog is covered with dust, But sturdy and stanch he stands;And the little toy soldier is red with rust, And his... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 CREATIVITY

• The Fear of Toys.

  Toys; no matter what contexts you think of them in, they are useful tools to unleash your imagination and reach happiness. The thought of toys typically conjure... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Toys, Toys, Toys

  .Big toys,Little toys.Toys about films,Films about toys.Toys, toys, toys.Toys for girls,Toys for boys.Oh toys of my toy kingdom,Take me away from this place of... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION