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• Even In Boring Places...

  

  I’d been thinking about what people (me) may class as boring places e.g. country villages, departure lounges, Villa Park, comedy clubs etc when I realised that... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Most Boring Place

  

  Both my parents were Catholic – of the non-practising type, excepting, perhaps, Christmas, weddings and in my father’s case, his own funeral. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Most Boring Place - Sunday Afternoon, Age 6

  

  I’ve always got something to do or something to think about. I like to be alone with my thoughts but equally, I like to enjoy good company. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Most Boring Place

  

  For many years we lived in Derbyshire and it coincided with the time when our children were little. It is a beautiful place to live. Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Keep On Running

  

  Once again I'm struck by the way in which a theme - Keep On Running - selected and sequenced months ago, manages to chime with the latest breaking fiasco in... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Olive

  

  It's a fruit from a tree, one of the oldest of domesticated crops, a staple of Mediterranean cuisine, a source of oil, a beautiful wood, a girl's name and a... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Olive Oyl

  

  Described as tall, gangly, big-footed with black hair tied in a bun was my introduction to Olive Oyl, the long-time love interest of Popeye the sailor man. To... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Olive - Peace Offering

  

  The olive plant, a small, attractive tree cultivated in Mediterranean countries for the fruit and the manufacture of olive oil which is a core ingredient of... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Circus

  

  Spy or espionage thrillers, if well-written, make for great and absorbing reading. I've long been a fan of the works of John le CarrĂŠ, probably the... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Smell of the Greasepaint, the Roar of the Crowds

  

  If you’d asked me, when I was a child, who is the person least likely to want to visit a circus, my response would have been instant and unequivocal: my dad. Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Circus - Excitement and Anticipation

  

  Piccadilly Circus, 1972. My friend and I felt like we had landed somewhere exciting. We were staying a long weekend with my family in Roehampton. Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Circuses

  

  'For the benefit of Mr. KiteThere will be a show tonight on trampolineThe Hendersons will all be thereLate of Pablo Fanques Fair - what a sceneOver men and... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Melting Point

  

  The melting point of mozzarella cheese is one hundred and thirty fahrenheit degrees... could almost be the start of a poem, but fear not - it's too glib by... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Melting Points

  

  I’m trying to imagine the scene in the Advertising Agency. The copywriter is trying to get an angle with which to market this new confectionary. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What The Butler Saw

  

  Sometimes called Peepshows in the UK and regularly known as Mutoscopes in the USA, these were early motion-picture devices, one of which - 'What The Butler... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What the Butler Saw

  

  I am an avid people watcher. I love to sit on a bench, in a cafe or most especially at the airport and observe human behaviour. I used to live at the top of a... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What the Butler Saw - A 'Y' Shaped Coffin

  

  When I was a child I remember my father having a novelty pen. From behind clear plastic, a picture of a young, attractive lady smiled. She was fully clothed, bu... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stress In The City

  

  I've found myself in a very unusual situation this evening, of trying to write a blog while being overtaken by the very events I'm writing about, and it's... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stress

  

  is something that is more readily acknowledged in recent years than it used to be when I was younger.I recall getting engaged, finishing my degree, getting... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don't Let The Balloon Burst

  

  Believe me, you don’t know the meaning of the word 'stress' unless you have taken a buggy, a large suitcase, a backpack, a handbag, a carrier bag full of... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION