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• The Night Sky - Stars

  

  There are many things I enjoy about staying in Dumfries Galloway. One thing, free to all in abundance is the total darkness around the vast area of Galloway... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Through A Window

  

  "Look through any window (yeah), what do you see?" sang The Hollies in 1965, for those with long memories and/or grey hairs; and it got me thinking - so here... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Through the Window

  

  I lived for 18 years at the top end of a cul-de-sac and looking through my large lounge window became a happy pre-occupation. I soon developed into an avid... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stone Tape Theory

  

  The increasingly commercialised spooktastic Helagonfest (archaic name) has come and gone this week leaving vestigia in its wake: festoons of fake spider webs,... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Vestigia - Something to Get Your Teeth Into

  

  “Some pains are physical and some pains are mental, but the one that’s both is dental.” Ogden Nash (1902 – 1971) If you are an adult with four, perfectly... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Epigram Sam

  

  'Poetry For Dummies' (bless it) defines an epigram as: "a very unified, sharply pointed poem, often quite short". Apart from my taking exception to the... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Worrying About Epigrams and Epigrams About Worrying

  

  I have to confess that when I opted to do a guest blog this week I got my epigrams and my epigraphs in a bit of a twist. There I was, all ready to write about... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On A Roll

  

  Given a topic like On A Roll and knowing your Saturday Blogger as you do, you might almost place bets on me writing a piece this week about music (rock, roll an... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On A Roll - Minor Misfortune

  

  We’ve been on a roll of minor misfortune. I think it started with the car breaking down. Luckily for me, I was at home getting regular updates on how quickly... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Painting Up A Storm

  

  I have quite a few art works up around the walls of the house on the strand: psychedelic San Francisco concert posters from the 1960s, Soviet Russian... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Storm

  

  Steve invited me to write a guest blog and it's a new challenge for me, but I'm trying to develop my poetry and take it to another level, so I've accepted.... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• "The Truth Is...

  

  ...Out There" as Fox Mulder once so presciently advised us. What he didn't divulge - maybe because it wasn't logged in the X-Files - is that the truth is... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let the Truth Be Told - Forever.

  

  I am an avid cinema-goer. I like to watch the previews and select a couple of must-see films to see in the coming weeks. These days there are often so few peopl... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Truth - Be Honest

  

  I overheard something at my mother’s funeral. Fifty years have passed and the words still hurt. “Poor Sheila, so young. Still, she lasted longer than we thought. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Toxic Times

  

  It feels like it's a toxic time at the moment. Global warming, Trump, Brexit - need I go on? I love animals and always have done. How they brighten the world an... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fairies - Titania and the Tooth Fairy

  

  Stitching ‘Titania’ was one of the longest projects I’ve ever done. The end result is far more beautiful than my photograph shows. Perhaps I should have taken... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crossing Water

  

  Although he feels he's in a play, he is anyway (to misquote Paul McCartney).... She: "You are going on a long journey." I: "Not aboard the Trans-Pennine Express... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crossing Water - Windermere

  

  I have crossed the English Channel many times en route to events on the near continent, including a memorable overnight crossing to Rotterdam on a visit to see... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Don't Mention the C Word...

  

  Water and I have never been the best of friends. Don’t get me wrong - I like a nice relaxing bath or a bracing shower, I love a quick swim in the sea to cool... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Crossing Water - All Aboard a Cal-Mac Ferry!

  

  Sailing was not my favourite method of transport. Years ago I would feel queasy on my father’s cabin cruiser, moored at the side of Lancaster Canal, especially... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION