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• Shadows Everywhere

  

  “I had paid my last farewell to Harry a week ago when his coffin was lowered into the frozen February ground, so that it was with incredulity that I saw him pas... Read more

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

• In The Shadows: Groundhog Day & Ice Harvesting

  

  On the second day of February many in the U.S. and Canada will be celebrating Groundhog Day. It is a marked occasion whereby people anxiously await their local... Read more

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

• Tamping

  

  Another feathered-friend themed blog for the annual RSPB Big Birdwatch week-end, though I suspect there are quite a few bird lovers who don't count gulls as... Read more

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

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' February 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 27 January 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tamping - Forget the Coffee, Get the Teapot

  

  I’ve just been trying to read an article about what happens if I tamp expresso too hard. I quickly lost interest and gave up. On the occasion that I might have ... Read more

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

• Home Comforts

  

  Ah, home comforts. Before I get to the comforts part, just a quick ramble around homes. We British used to give them names, our houses, almost as a matter of... Read more

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

• Home Comforts

  

  My home is pretty comfortable. It’s wind and waterproof, relatively easy (if expensive) to heat, and to cool down. I have a nice easy chair for watching the... Read more

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

• Tapestry

  

  Is it a stitch up? Surely a question Penelope's many suitors may have felt inclined to ask as they woo'd her in Odysseus's prolonged absence. More on this later. Read more

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

• Tapestry - Heavenly Stitches

  

  ‘Just another stitch in life’s rich tapestry’ I don’t know where the original quote came from but I used to say it a lot. I’ve heard variations of it on... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' January 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 05 January 2023 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hot & Cold

  

  The great god Antithesis appeared to me as in a dream and spoke thus: "Here's a complimentary suggestion for your hot cold blog, Saturday blogger. Write... Read more

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

• Hot and Cold

  

  This is something you can try at home:1 Get three containers of around 2-5 litres and big enough to let you put your hand in.2 Some ice.3 Fill one container wit... Read more

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

• 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