Ashleylister

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• Claims

  

  Not much to say on this one but I do have an appropriate poem, written when I was a hard working single Mum of two. We all know oneThere’s a man who lives at... Read more

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

• Claims - What Did You Do, Radio 2?

  

  I got a bit mad recently. Not red and raging, just a niggle that exploded and set me off looking for answers Victor Meldrew style.It started off with Radio 2’s... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lifelines & Deadlines

  

  The pressure has been on this week to complete a new poem, after two Saturday Blogs in succession without one. Truth to tell, I've not been idling. Read more

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

• Silence

  

  ? Really, there's no such thing. It's conceptual at best. The universe is a noise bomb, believe me!Let's have the subject/object discussion up front: if we can'... Read more

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

• The Sound of Silence

  

  Silence! The word always reminds me of the instruction given by school mistresses to my chattering classmates as we waited to enter St Paul's church for... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Silence - It's Not Always Golden

  

  Like most people I guess I’m a bit of a mixture when it comes to silence. Some might say I have no idea what the word means. I’m rarely quiet for very long... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Silence - I'll Settle for Quiet

  

  “Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.” (From Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, 1927)How refreshing it feels just to... Read more

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

• Sounds Of Silence

  

  On August 29, 1952, at a hall tucked on a wooded dirt road in Woodstock (yes, that one) the piano virtuoso David Tudor prepared to perform. Read more

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

• Take Four Northern Men...

  

  ...from a provincial city on the slide since the mid-1950s, a dirty city hammered by Hitler's bombers and then side-stepped in the post-war reconstruction. Read more

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

• Northern Men Just Grunt

  

  I wonder if you have ever participated in a personality test? The sort of thing that tries to work out what type of personality you are. For example, are you... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Northern Man - Lock up Your Daughters

  

  My first encounter with what I now consider the archetypal Northern man was on a trip to the cinema with my family when I was about 5 years old. The stars were... Read more

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

• Northern Man: Sub Species Homos Accringtonus

  

  I first began my research into the Northern Male way back in 1972 when I was approached by one, quite unexpectedly, behind a building where I was hiding. Read more

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

• Northern Man - The Best

  

  photo of my maternal grandparentsMy first thoughts on Northern Man were of my grandfathers and my father. Northern, Manchester born and bred, all passed on... Read more

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

• Judgement Day

  

  Northern Man: at last a blog theme about which I have some in-depth knowledge. And am willing to share it. Chew it over at length with two individual close... Read more

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

• Tensions

  

  Today is an anniversary of sorts. On this Saturday eight years ago, I first set eyes on my house on the strand. I was looking to buy a property in Blackpool... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tension. A Nation Hooked

  

  I am a self-confessed TV competition junkie. I love my daily dose of The Chase and binge watch programmes like Bake off, Master Chef, The Great Pottery Throw... Read more

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

• Retiring Minds

  

  Last Easter, which was a week later than this one, we were already into our first national Coronavirus lockdown. What a bizarre twelve months it has proved to... Read more

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

• Out To Grass

  

  I flick through the retirement home pages: Twilight House, Sunset Days, Dunhopin’, Road’s End, Rest Easy, Nearly Home. It’s hard to choose. There are none I fee... Read more

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

• Retirement - Just Go With The Flow

  

  Retirement. That’s the time to wind down, take up a stress free hobby, go for gentle walks, watch daytime TV and meet friends for long lunches, right? Wrong.... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2021 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Retirement - Bring It On!

  

  I looked forward to retiring at sixty, as many of us did, and then, a bolt from the blue took away plans and wishes and sat firmly on our state pension for... Read more

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