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• Celestial Bodies - Here Comes the Sun

  

  Throughout our history, this majestic wonder has been a constant source of comfort, awe and worship but our understanding of the Sun has developed slowly. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eyam - Plague Village

  

  The Great Plague of 1665-1666 was the last wave of bubonic pandemics to sweep England, and the Derbyshire village of Eyam is significant in the history of that... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' September Open Mic Night

  

  Upcoming our next monthly open mic night on Zoom...Mark summer's last stand! No set theme. 20 x 5 minute slots available.Email: [email protected] for ... Read more

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

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' August Open Mic Night

  

  Our monthly Zoom open mic night upcoming...20 x 5 minute sweet spots available. Hope to see some of you there.Steve :-) Email ThisBlogThis! Read more

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

• The Plague

  

  Immediately I saw the topic for this week’s blog my thoughts were taken to the novel by Albert Camus. I had read it years ago and darted over to my bookshelves... Read more

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

• Pills

  

  Some time ago, I went to collect a prescription for someone and while I was waiting, I looked around the chemist and happened to notice the vast array of... Read more

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

• Plague - Bubonic, Covid?

  

  I haven’t been to Eyam, but I believe it to be beautiful and interesting. It is on my bucket list of places to visit. Eyam is a small village in the Derbyshire... Read more

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

• Pills

  

  Everybody in Wonderland takes pills, don't they? Best estimates of the total spend on pharmaceuticals worldwide last year was a staggering 1. Read more

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

• Pills and Others

  

  When I was six or seven I was given a bottle of little torpedo shaped medication and told to swallow two with water, the bottle was stuffed with them and I had... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pills (A Brief History)

  

  Oh those pills! Those small round or oblong solid masses of medicine that come in an array of colours. These are indeed medical miracles that are meant to be... Read more

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

• Common Lodgings

  

  The accommodation known as common lodgings (or common-lodging houses) was a Victorian institution whereby people who weren't related and couldn't afford to buy... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lodgings - Impromptu Days Out

  

  Some years ago, I’d guess about forty, I was on my own in Lancaster where a work commitment had gone awry. Instead of packing up and heading home, I decided to... Read more

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

• Magnolia

  

  Welcome to the Saturday Blog, so much better than watching paint dry! đŸ˜‰When it comes to interior decor, and in particular painted walls,... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Third Rhyme

  

  Your man Dante (1265 - 1321) invented the rhyme scheme of terza rima (the third rhyme) and employed it to marvellous effect in his most famous poem, the one we... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Terza Rima - Don't Panic!

  

  Terza rima is a rhyming verse form, in which the poem, or each poem-section, consists of tercets (three line stanzas) with an interlocking three-line rhyme... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Terza Rima - JCC and The Machars

  

  Terza Rima is an Italian poetic form which I believe to be invented by Dante Alighieri and used for his poem, the Divine Comedy. Read more

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

• Forever In Amber

  

  Do most of you know that amber is plant resin? If you've read any of this week's earlier blogs on the theme, you will be reasonably well versed in amber lore, s... Read more

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

• Amber

  

  Not so long ago a friend told me a story about when she was on a school trip to Russia back when it was part of the Soviet Union. Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Amber

  

  Here it goes! I don’t know if it is a blog or a poem or a love child of both...Amber comes from the Baltic coast. So do I.The ancient legend tells:The pine tree... Read more

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

• Star Catalogues

  

  We finally got to see Wes Anderson's new movie 'Asteroid City ' on Monday night, as weird and wonderful a cinematic experience as might have been hoped for. Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION