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• Heatwave - Staying Cool!

  

  We spend the chilly, dreary, dark days of winter hoping we get a decent summer, and then when it comes it can be too much. Luckily, here in the North West, the... Read more

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

• Pendulum

  

  : a weight suspended from a pivot so it can swing freely. Simples! Is that okay? Do you need to know more? If so, it turns out there's a wealth of information o... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Walls

  

  Ever since we scrambled down from the trees or stumbled out of our caves, humankind has constructed walls, originally to keep the outside out (weather,... Read more

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

• Walls - Bricks and Ice Cream

  

  Watching ‘Countryfile’ on Sunday evening, I was spellbound by the on-going discovery work at Vindolanda, a Roman fortress near Hexham in the north-east of... Read more

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

• Generosity -

  

  Sometimes on social media, I read stories of generosity and the generous person is often unknown to the recipient. Perhaps a mother with a child in a pushchair... Read more

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

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' August Open Mic Night

  

  Our monthly virtual open mic poetry night, 20 x 5 minute slots.Steve ;-) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Read more

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

• Cliffhangers

  

  Architects must be some of the maddest people on the planet, second only to their clients probably. For what could be more 'out there' and living on the edge... Read more

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

• Cliffhanger

  

  I write as someone who knows about the effects of cliffhangers on a person’s life. I was an Archer’s addict. How many Sunday mornings were ruined by the need... Read more

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

• Cliff Hanger, Puffins & More

  

  When I do laundry, I am first a washer, then a hanger of clothes. If I was named Cliff, then I could be called Cliff Hanger or Cliff the Hanger, which sounds... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Summer

  

  After eight years as a regular Saturday blogger, I'm searching for a seasonal summer slant that's not been used before. This week's record temperatures -... Read more

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

• Summer - Making Memories

  

  It is here, at last, the moment we’ve been waiting for. Proper sultry, summer weather of hot sun and blue skies from dawn until dusk, which is around... Read more

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

• Cancel Culture

  

  . What is it? Where did it come from? Should we care? I'll keep this as brief as possible.It has become a 21st century social phenomenon, whereby a conscious... Read more

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

• Harlequin

  

  My diligent research into Harlequin for this week's blog led me to conclude that at his inception he was literally 'hell king' i.e. the devil in human form, at... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' July Open Mic Night

  

  All comers are welcome tonight. This is an online event with 20 five-minute performance slots available:Steve ;-) Email ThisBlogThis! Read more

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

• Harlequin - A Knitted Memory

  

  From Wikipedia – ‘The oldest versions of the word harlequin – the Middle Dutch hellekijn and the Old French hellequin, reference hell and a mean kind of demon. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Journey

  

  It's been an interesting cultural and literary experience, reading Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer ' and David Lodge's 'Thinks... Read more

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

• Journey

  

  Travel is exciting. The processes we go through when planning, packing and setting off on a journey is all part of the ritual. How many outfits to take, what... Read more

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

• Journey

  

  I don’t know about you but when I’m planning a journey to a strange town or city I do like to know where the Castle is, where the theatres are, where the shops... Read more

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

• Journey Through Time

  

  'Journey'Going from one place to another physically and or within the mind.Being taken to somewhere else, travelling in such a way where things unfoldwith... Read more

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

• Mermaids

  

  Prologue: I wrote a poem featuring mermaids just six weeks ago for my 'Essence' (water) blog - poor forward planning, I know. I also wrote one back in the... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION