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• Dens (various)

  

  When I looked up meanings of ‘dens’ as a word on its own rather than the plural of ‘den’ I found that it referred to a type of fracture, a part of the spinal... Read more

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

• Dens - Sanctuary

  

  My eldest grandson liked to enclose himself in the book corner. He discovered that by opening a door to the toy cupboard and a door on the fitted unit, he... Read more

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

• Concrete

  

  Every school project on The Romans taught us that famously they built using concrete. This is true, from about 300 B.C. onwards. Read more

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

• The Concrete and the Clay

  

  I loved the Flinstones cartoons. The creators were so imaginative in their ideas of how a modern stoneage family would function. Fred played ten-pin bowling wit... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A.i.

  

  Maybe it's because I've been to see a strange and funny film this evening ('The Phantom of the Open'), or perhaps it's as a counter-balance to all the horror... Read more

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

• On A.I. Our Modern Prometheus

  

  "Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge, and how much happier that man is who believes his... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A 1 - Cherished Number Plate

  

  The first car registration plate was A1 and issued by London County Council in 1903. From 1st January, 1904 it was compulsory for every motor vehicle to be... Read more

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

• Scale(s)

  

  One little word, such a variety of meanings: scale gets nearly a whole page to itself in the Concise Oxford Dictionary. Already this week my fellow bloggers in... Read more

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

• Scales

  

  When I was thinking about writing about Scales I had a vague idea of checking on the two or three meanings of the word I could think of from the top of my head... Read more

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

• Wake up Russia - the Scales of Justice Are Ready

  

  I hope today that I can speak directly to those who read our blog in Russia. I am fiercly aware that your government are clamping down on the flow of informatio... Read more

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

• Scales - Tweak That Metronome

  

  No amount of practising simplified Mozart pieces or running up and down major and minor scales would impress the piano teacher. I stopped trying. Read more

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

• Ukraine

  

  I was planning to take a break from blogging this week. Then Putin ordered the Russian invasion of Ukraine and suddenly the imperative is there to try and... Read more

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

• The Climb

  

  The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest and the first confirmed to have... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Love Bites!

  

  You know how sometimes I like to take a novel or unexpected approach to the weekly blog theme? Now that Valentine's Day is safely out the way, and the... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life Cycle of a Love Bite

  

  Staggering, I know, but I’m no expert on modern sexual practices - in fact, I’m not sure I ever was - but I do know a love bite when I see one. Read more

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

• Love Bites - Blotting My Copy Book

  

  I had done what my dad would refer to as ‘Blotted my copy book’. I’d been there before but this time I’d excelled myself in the ‘What has she done now? Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Papers

  

  It takes quite something for the Mail and the Telegraph, those organs of the ideological right wing, to act as flypaper to entrap a Prime Minister, but that is... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Matrix

  

  I've never seen the film The Matrix (Library of Congress cultural artefact though it may be), and the only thought I had in mind when first contemplating this... Read more

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

• Unplugging From The Matrix

  

  ‘To know yourself is to forget yourself.’Dogen Zenji, a Buddhist Priest, writer, philosopher, and Zen Master.It’s Monday morning, and I’m sat at the kitchen... Read more

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

• The Matrix?

  

  The Matrix is considered one of the best science fiction films of all time and was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2022 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION