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• Hot and Cold

  

  How lovely it was to spent time in a warm and cosy lodge gazing out on to a wintry landscape. It was very cold outside, definitely hat, scarf and gloves needed... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mistletoe

  

  Ah, the night before Christmas. Season's greetings, gentle readers. Of course you've all hung up your bunch or sprig of mistletoe strategically for the morrow... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cracked - Ice

  

  Feeling warm and comfortable in our favourite Dumfries Galloway lodge, we looked out on to the wintry landscape that surrounded us. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flood

  

  Can we manage another Saturday blog with more than a hint of World Cup about it? Of course we can. Flood is the week's given theme, so I'm thinking lights (as i... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flood

  

  I remember the old black Morris that struggled up hills and how my dad used to switch off the engine to let it roll silently down again (to save petrol) and... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Off Your Rocker?

  

  I've taken my usual oblique sidle up to this week's theme of rocking chair , so what you're about to read is mostly disambiguation. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' December Open Mic Night

  

  Coming up - our monthly online event: 20 x 5 minute slots...Steve ;-) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Rocking Chair

  

  I was wandering along google paths looking for articles about rocking chairs when I came across the following. It is a five page document so I have edited it... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rocking Chair

  

  Call me a softy if you like, ‘The Woman in Black’ is the scariest film I’ve ever tried to watch. I’ve had a few attempts. One was at the cinema with my daughter. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pickles

  

  Welcome, gentle readers, to this triple-pickle-packed feast of Saturday bloggery. Yum, you say, and you are absolutely right. Dip in, no standing on... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pickles

  

  There were no pickles in our kitchen when I was growing up. Pickles were never on the menu. I’m not even sure if I knew what a pickle was until I was nearly... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Miscalculation

  

  The 22nd FIFA World Cup gets underway in Qatar tomorrow, with more of a whimper than a bang. It was a poor decision to hold it there in the first place, a hot,... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Miscalculation - Don't Trust Me With Quantities

  

  It is a long time since we had a new bathroom installed. Years have passed and it’s ready for doing again but we keep putting it off with all the ‘are we moving... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lightbulb

  

  The obvious approach would have been to write about some lightbulb moment ("thinks....."), so you just know I'm not going to do that, don't you. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• (Here Be) Monsters

  

  It'll be Mexico I'm hauling you all off to for my monsters blog. Can you handle it? The inspiration came from the week-end past when we were down in London and... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' November Open Mic Night

  

  Coming up - our monthly online event: 20 x 5 minute slots...Steve ;-) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monsters

  

  In this bi-centenary year of the great Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, (1792-1822), let’s kick off this subject with that most famous of monsters; that... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monsters - Hallowe'en

  

  They arrived in small groups or just pairs. We heard the giggles and the shuffling before the knock on the door sent us hurrying into the hall. We were ready. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Monsters

  

  I know that the theme is Monsters but I’m going to look at one monster i.e. The Loch Ness one on the basis that there have been many different shapes and sizes... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Insomnia

  

  Of course I'm writing this insomnia blog in the middle of the night. Why wouldn't I? Finding myself awake at 3 a.m. when all is dark and still, except for the... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION