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• Distilling Moonshine

  

  "Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey, Oh, she give me southern love, Deep in the heart of Texas, There beneath the stars above." (Van Morrison from the LP... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Distilling

  

  Well I couldn't really pass up the opportunity of talking about whisky! Part of the allure of the holiday flat I let out was that we were 'close to the whisky... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Distilling - Mary Quant Socks

  

  Everything I know about distilling will fit inside one tiny test-tube, with room Everything I know about distilling will fit inside one tiny test-tube, with roo... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Satyrical

  

  You'll be expecting 'funny', no doubt, a bit of pointed lampooning into somebody's broadside? If so, I'm sorry to disappoint. When it comes to suitable cases fo... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Satire to Die For.

  

  Charlie Hebdo (French for Charlie Weekly) is a French satirical magazine featuring cartoons, reports, polemics, and jokes. Stridently non-conformist in tone, th... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Journeys To War

  

  It feels almost perverse to be blogging about journeys during our second stretch of lockdown, but given the time of the season I thought I'd write something... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Journey

  

  A friend of mine can make a trip to the newsagent seem like the adventure of a lifetime whilst another friend who had canoed up the Niger River in West Africa... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Journey

  

  This weekend saw Remembrance Sunday and of course the 11th November was Armistace Day, the 102nd anniversay of the signing of the ceasefire on the Western Front... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Journey - My Epic Travels

  

  We are all on our journey of life. We may visit many places, some planned, some unexpected, taking the good with the bad because that’s how it has to be. Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Reading Poetry

  

  We all start off, if we're lucky, with a dose of the oral tradition, being entranced by the dancing power of words way before we're capable of reading for... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry Readings

  

  As you probably know already I attended a Junior Secondary school, having failed 11plus. However, this school was very progressive and we were encouraged in so... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry Readings

  

  My babies were fed nursery rhymes with their mother’s milk. As toddlers they loved picture books with repetitive poems and rhymes, and as they grew older,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry Readings - A Night at the Brewery Arts Centre

  

  The first time I stood at the microphone to share my own poem I was scared to death. At my request I was given an early slot before nerves might get the better... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Poetry Readings

  

  When I was at school, which was a sink comprehensive in Liverpool, three things were definitely not ‘cool’; supporting Everton F.C., liking poetry and reading... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who You Gonna Call?

  

  In the early 1960s the world felt like a much more dangerous place than it does today. That is probably not the case in reality (what with the spread of... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who You Gonna Call?

  

  The Parable of the Good Samaritan25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”2... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who You Gonna Call? - Not a Local M.P.

  

  Who you gonna call? Best friend? Tradesman? I suppose it depends on the nature of the crisis, what anger needs venting or what message needs to be passed on, bu... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Buttons

  

  You didn't really expect me to write about buttons did you? Good. Then this could be my shortest ever post (LOL). It's all about the poem this week, but I will... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Button Box Envy

  

  There is something fascinating about collections of buttons...a bit like looking at precious stones. You want to rummage through them, admire them, covet them! Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Language Of Buttons To Brood XIII

  

  There are buttons for clothes, buttons to push and chocolate buttons to savour. One can be asked to button up their lips to be quiet. On a rocky boat, better... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION