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• Seashore - Beside the Sea

  

  Isle of Vatersay, Outer Hebrides I was so fortunate, as a child, to have a wonderful sea view from my bedroom window. My father had his wish granted, to run a... Read more

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

• Oops!

  

  Less of an essay this week, you may be relieved to hear. Instead, I offer you brief accounts of acts of stupidity under the given theme plus a poem about... Read more

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

• Oops! Damage

  

  The whole of my adult life seems to have revolved around damage limitation. When you’re married to a man who doesn't know one end of a hammer from the other the... Read more

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

• How Many More?

  

  Thank you for joining me on another Saturday morning mind-ramble, and not just any Saturday but a once-in-four-years Leap Saturday. I recognise you may not be... Read more

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

• Experts - Zip It Up

  

  Thank goodness for the experts. We really need them sometimes. I mean those proper, professionals that fix things before a drama becomes a crisis, not those... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Love Trees

  

  Oh dear. I was planning to write a blog to go with my poem but the day turned out more busy than I expected at work and then my tablet died and would not charge... Read more

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

• Arboreal - the Stuff of Legends.

  

  The hardest part of moving from my last house in Thornton-Cleveleys was leave behind my wonderful topiary bay tree. I planted it nineteen years earlier,... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trees

  

  I have never tried to write a poem about a tree, which is a bit sad really. So being at a bit of a loss as to how to start this post I thought I’d have a look a... Read more

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

• Abridged Too Far

  

  In the week when Boris the Mendacious has proposed a bridge across the Irish Sea linking Scotland to Ireland (this from the man who wasted millions when Mayor o... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bridge - From Shropshire to Dublin

  

  On a short visit to Dublin a few years ago, I was fascinated by the Ha’penny Bridge over the River Liffey. It is cute and pretty and looks like something from... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Key

  

  Earlier this week Tony Parkes and his daughter Natalie were interviewed by BBC Northwest/Radio Lancashire in the wake of the announcement that Tony has been... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Unlocking the Secrets

  

  There’s something about a key. It teases us. It’s powerful and it seems to know how much we need it. It unlocks some answers. And keeps others hidden. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Life Before Spotify!

  

  Hey kids, guess what? In the long ago and faraway of the mid-20th century, when your mums and dads were barely twinkles in your grandparents' eyes, young... Read more

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

• Tracks

  

  I wrote this poem for the Millennium celebrations held in Poulton le Fylde. Many of the Dead Good poets came along and read their poems to a huge crowd, The... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tracks

  

  It has been said that the opening of the Liverpool to Manchester Railway on September 15th 1830 was one of the most important developments in engineering since... Read more

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

• Tracks - We'd Better Make Tracks

  

  It is the moment I dislike the most. Our peaceful time in Scotland, staying in the quiet of a hidden-away lodge has reached an end. The car is packed for home. Read more

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

• Twitching

  

  The RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch week-end has rolled around again and as I prepare to stare into the depths of my small back garden for the allotted... Read more

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

• A Blues Blog...

  

  ...has to be primarily about music, doesn't it? You know, songs steeped in the pain of the human condition, wrenched from guitars and the suffering of the... Read more

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

• Blues - Don't Stop the Music

  

  In my life, music soothes everything. There’s a song for every occasion. Putting all the Christmas stuff away includes taking The Moody Blues ‘December’ album... Read more

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

• Optimism Rising!

  

  I'm not given to making New Year resolutions as you know, when each and every day is already an opportunity to be and do better than the ones before. Read more

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