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• Light In Our Darkness

  

  It’s just after 7 pm on a December evening and I’ve sat down to start this article. I’ve switched on this room’s light, my desk top lamp and left on the light i... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Light in the Darkness - Shine, Jesus, Shine

  

  I was born into a Christian family. It was a mix of Catholic and Protestant and some had a stronger faith than others. I was baptised in a Church of England... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2024 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Napery & Japery

  

  Of all the unlikely topics we've been challenged to blog about, napkins must be right up there! At least I suppose it's somewhat seasonal, with all the... Read more

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

• The Musings of Squirrel Napkin

  

  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all! I will introduce myself. I am Squirrel Napkin, the scholar of the squirrel community, connoisseur of acorn... Read more

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

• Napkins

  

  One day you will thank me for this. Just like I’m thanking the Holly Holden web site for providing me with the details I will need for my next invitation to... Read more

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

• Blizzard Cats

  

  By the sort of coincidence that delights your Saturday blogger, it so happens that I'm currently reading 'The Blizzard ' by contemporary Russian novelist... Read more

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

• Blizzard: Three Perspectives

  

  There are three places that I know well that have documented significant snowfall: The Chicagoland area where I spent most of my childhood, Corinth in upstate... Read more

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

• Blizzard - The Postie Stone, Moffat

  

  The Postie Stone (i)How exciting it would be to become snowed in when we have our pre-Christmas break at our favourite lodge in Dumfries Galloway. Read more

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

• Blizzard

  

  As we are in the month of December and Christmas is nearly upon us the question of whether we will get a white Christmas begins to loom to the backdrop of Bing... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sliding Doors Moment

  

  I've done my homework this week, which included re-watching the 1998 Gwyneth Paltrow movie that popularised the phrase sliding doors moment. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sliding Doors - The Multiverse

  

  Stephen Hawking's multiverse theory suggests that there may be multiple universes out there, each with its own set of physical laws and properties. Read more

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

• Wonderland

  

  ! No contest, as far as I'm concerned. It's bookshops and what you find within, which is books (obviously) and what you find within them, which in turn is... Read more

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

• Wonderland: Imagination and Words

  

  When I think of ‘Wonderland’, I plummet down a dark hole with Alice into a curious land of the small, the tall, talking animals, and other strange oddities. Read more

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

• Wonderland

  

  Oh my fur and whiskers! I thought this was going to be a straight forward look back at the story through memories of my own family’s dog-eared copy of the book. Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wonderland - My Happy Place

  

  I’m privileged to be in my happy place in this season of Winter Wonderland and witness again the splendour of the Dumfries and Galloway countryside. Read more

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

• Sugaree

  

  Welcome to this dancing, sparkling, late-night Sugaree Saturday blog. Sweet liberties will be taken herein, not (I hasten to assure you) to browbeat anyone abou... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Solitaire

  

  When I consider the word 'solitaire' I remember a small wooden board, filled with indentations and small marbles. Although I am aware of this, I have no clue ho... Read more

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

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' December Open Mic Night

  

  Our next virtual open mic night...Come and join us online for the evening, to read and/or to listen along.Steve :-) Email ThisBlogThis! Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Solitaire - Alone

  

  My mother loved her diamond solitaire ring and wore it all the time. It was a gift from my father, bought in Hatton Gardens on one of their trips to London. Read more

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

• Compass Points

  

  I didn't know that there are 32 compass points, each marking off 11.25 degrees of our happy planetary sphere and each with its official title as depicted in... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION