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• Mementos

  

  Funny thing, when I started to think about what to write on the subject of mementos, my thoughts ewre immediately drawn to a small black writing case, secreted... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• This Rare Earth

  

  "Scientia potentia est" is a Latin aphorism (exact provenance unknown) most commonly translated as "With knowledge comes power". Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rare Earth

  

  "No man ever steps into the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man." HeraclitusWhat can I say on the subject of Rare Earth? Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rare Earth - Learn These Elements

  

  Every day is a school day and this morning I’ve buried myself in the equivalent of Double Science – not a favourite subject unless we’re doing biology and... Read more

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

• Sharks!

  

  "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..." has to be one of the most famous taglines in movie history, slicing like a dorsal fin through... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sharks

  

  Ever since the film ‘Jaws’ in 1975, when the ability of sharks to be predators and attack people on beaches was highlighted, there has been at the back of my... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Listening Skin

  

  I found myself with two perfectly familiar strangers in the attic room of a three-storey house somewhere in the North West of England. Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Numbers Are Fantastic

  

  I attended a County Primary school in the 1960s and as a result I have a good general background in numeracy and literacy. We were taught times tables, (of... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Listening - Pounds, Shillings and Pence

  

  “You were not listening!” Mrs S raged, dark eyes blazing with hatred. I shook, whimpered and cried as she smacked me hard, many times, across the back of my leg... Read more

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

• Listening

  

  The pictures are better on the radio. It’s a bit of a cliché but it’s based on, what to me and millions of others, is a reality. Read more

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

• Marmalade

  

  Another Saturday, another blog (and by the way, belatedly, happy Lancashire Day). Went to Birmingham, saw lots of snow, got freezing cold, watched a football... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Marillen Marmalade

  

  Marmalade pronounced in the German way is “Mar–mey-lad-ay”.At some stage while at Junior school. my mother introduced me to her Aunt Berta, taking me by train,... Read more

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

• Pulling The Wool

  

  I must apologise up front for the fact that very little of this Saturday Blog will be about knitting. It hasn't featured prominently in my life and I don't... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Knitting

  

  I never thought I would be writing about knitting. As a child my mum used to knit a lot and she tried to teach me, but it wasn’t something I considered ‘cool’... Read more

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

• Knitting - Get Creative

  

  When I was a very small gril, my Auntie Effie would come to visit and sit while mum and dad had a well earned night off. She always came with a bag of yarn and... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh What a Tangled Mess

  

  When I was about seven or eight the fashion magazines were full of glamorous young women sporting knitted twinsets. For those readers younger than about sixty,... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Knitting - In, Round, Through, Off

  

  Filling the bird feeders is my first job of the morning. Three fat-ball holders and two seed holders hanging on branches of the surrounding fir trees provide a... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ridiculous?

  

  Another Saturday Blog deadline goes to the wire even as COP26 negotiations are trundling to a less than successful conclusion in Glasgow. Read more

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

• Ridiculous

  

  In September, after the schools went back and when we hoped that London would be less busy, we decided to take a break and have a trip to the capital. One of ou... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ridiculous

  

  I am going to have a rant today. My blood is boiling and I can't keep it in. I began on Saturday when my 32 year old son developed a problem with a swollen knee. Read more

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