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• Confessional Epiphany

  

  One bored day in my dingy Manchester flat I picked up a magazine, flipped idly through it and found a poem. I knew nothing about poetry except for the War Poets... Read more

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

• Confessional Poetry

  

  A quick definition of Confessional Poetry would be that it is poetry focused on the ‘I’.It deals with subjects polite society would rather sweep under the... Read more

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

• There's Snow

  

  There is a common, popular misconception that Australia has only one weather pattern, and that is—hot. It's not true, of course. Read more

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

• Snow Days

  

  I spent my earliest years living within striking distance (500 or so miles) of the equator, so snow existed only in the realms of the fantastical, on Christmas... Read more

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

• Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

  

  I just adore fresh, crisp snow - not that we get much of that down here! The first sign of a snowflake and I put boots, gloves, hat and quilted coat on and I... Read more

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

• Snow Lexicography

  

  We don't have snow very often in my part of the world in fact I can count the number of heavy snowfall in Blackpool on one hand. Read more

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

• Snow....Friend Or Foe?

  

  We very rarely get snow in Blackpool. We might get a short flurry but it never seems to settle. Which is why it was strange this morning to wake up knowing... Read more

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

• Snow - Fun in Padfield

  

  It snowed yesterday. Just a tiny bit. Enough for my grandson to notice and tell me and sure enough, there was a flurry. We watched through the back room... Read more

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

• Snow In Spain

  

  The recent heavy snowfall in Spain reminded me of a holiday we experienced some years ago.We wanted to escape winter in Blighty so took up the invitation to... Read more

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

• The Supper Party

  

  Not some staged Mike Leigh or Harold Pinter weirdness, though I did briefly consider writing about an imaginary birthday party (given that it was my own birthda... Read more

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

• A Fantasy Dinner Party

  

  A little while ago an online book group to which I belong asked the question: If you could go on a date with a writer, who would it be and what would you do? No... Read more

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

• The Guest List - My Dream Dinner Party

  

  It’s Feb 2021 and we’re in the midst of a pandemic. The dinner party was arranged over a year ago and it’s been in the planning stage ever since. I sent out... Read more

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

• My Fantasy Dinner Party Guests - A Good Time To Be Had By All

  

  It would be wonderful to have friends and family round. A gathering in the garden on a warm afternoon, children running riot, adults laughing, sharing jokes,... Read more

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

• Handwritten In The Style

  

  I was born to be a doctor: good manners, compassionate nature, analytical mind, almost illegible handwriting. But then at age eight I found myself in old Miss... Read more

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

• Hand Writing

  

  Without the pen then images on a surface would have remained as cave art. In about 3200 BCE in Mesopotamia (Southern Iraq) cuneiform writing was created using... Read more

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

• Handwriting - It Says a Lot

  

  1956. There were 40 of us squashed into a tiny classroom, all clutching our fat pencils in grubby, playground hands. Our teacher, Mrs Gorvin, stood at the... Read more

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

• Handwriting - Don't Lose the Basics

  

  I used to take pride in my handwriting, though these days it is limited to a shopping list or a quick note. I’ve received many compliments for my ‘beautiful... Read more

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

• Handwriting

  

  When was the last time you received in the post a handwritten letter from another person? Or when did you last write a handwritten letter to anyone else? Read more

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

• Sallow Yellow

  

  I love colour imagery. My poem below was influenced by a wonderful novel – The Aunt’s Story by Patrick White, set before World War I. Read more

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

• Yellow

  

  This Saturday's blog is brought to you by: the colour yellow, the number 7, the letter K, the planet Mercury, the Sicilian lemon, the custard frog protection... Read more

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