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• 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

• Catalogues To Blackout Poetry

  

  Once upon a time long before e-commerce there was the department store catalogue. It was a Hermione’s handbag in book form. It had anything you could ever... Read more

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

• Catalogues With Glossy Pages

  

  As an eleven and twelve year old, there was something exciting about the arrival of the latest home-shopping catalogue. It took both hands to lift it on to the... Read more

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

• Call Of The Wild

  

  Saturday's Blog visits Tanzania for the second week in a row, you lucky people... must be the call of the wild. đŸ˜‰The Republic of... Read more

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

• Call of the Wild - Not for Me.

  

  Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against 'the great outdoors. I often enjoy a birdwatching walk in my local park, seeking out woodpeckers, nuthatches,... Read more

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

• Court

  

  We're approximately halfway through Wimbledon fortnight, so given the week's theme is court , I thought I'd lob you another tennis-related blog. Are we all... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Tudor Court

  

  People of high social standing were expected to attend court and participate as courtiers. Maintaining a position at court was an expensive business, but the... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Court - Anyone for Tennis?

  

  Lush, green grass, white chalk perfectly defining boundaries and I am already spellbound by the untouched Centre Court as Wimbledon 2023 is about to commence. Read more

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