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• Sugar....friend Or Foe ?

  

  I apologise for the lateness of my contribution. You see a close friend of mine has suffered from toothache for a couple of days and last night was, for her, th... Read more

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

• Sugar - A Little Stick of Blackpool Rock

  

  Somewhere, hidden in the maze of back alleys and side streets of South Shore, there once stood the rock factory. It was only a two minute jog away from our... Read more

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

• Candles

  

  I always believed that 'burning the candle at both ends' originated as a figurative expression of overwork, dating from a pre-electric age; i.e. Read more

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

• Corpse Routes and Corpse Candles

  

  This summer I plan to walk the Old Corpse Road from Mardale (Haweswater) to Swindale and onto Shap Abbey. With this in mind I was interested to read an article... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Candles - Remembrance

  

  Strolling around Dublin’s Temple Bar district with friends, I found myself thinking of my late Uncle Bill, a lovely Irishman and one of the pub landlords in my... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Life Below Zero...

  

  We moved to Scotland from London in 1955, it was February, the house was cold with ice on the inside of the windows. So that was my introduction to freezing... Read more

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

• Life Below Zero - Baby It's Cold Outsdie.

  

  It is very cold at the moment and on mornings like this when I have to de-ice my car, my thoughts turn to those unfortunate people who are sleeping out on the... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flutter! Flutter!

  

  Oh yes, everyone loves a bullfinch... everyone who has seen one, that is! Who could resist its rotund charm, velvety black cap, bright beady eye, flaming... Read more

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

• Fatball Shortage..

  

  The piece for today was written in May 2014. I was having breakfast at a familiar B B looking out onto the garden and the numerous feeding stations by the hedge... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fat Balls - You Must Be Having a Laugh!

  

  Where do I begin writing a blog to suit the theme this week. I have to take you back to 2006. My lovely Mum had talked me into joining her at the Veterans Ball... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Fat-balls - Feed the Birds

  

  Spending time in Dumfries Galloway is always intended to be restful and peaceful and that’s exactly what we find at the lodges where we choose to stay. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Nursery Clouds

  

  I'm hitting you with the briefest of cloud blogs this overcast Saturday morning, the shortest piece since the time I didn't know what to say about dolls! Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Clouds and Silver Linings

  

  Cloud watching is a fascinating pastime especially at present when I'm laid up , yet again, with the return of a persistent cold. Due to painful eyes I find... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I've Looked at Clouds from Both Sides Now.....

  

  It was Joni Mitchell who wrote the song "Both Sides, Now", a song that I first heard during my school music competition in 1970. Read more

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

• Clouds - When the Storm Clouds Gather

  

  Living over a Blackpool Promenade pub in the mid-sixties was wonderful and the ever-changing views from the front windows never lost their fascination for any o... Read more

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

• What If...

  

  Speculation is mounting over what might happen next in the twin dramas of BREXIT (you're all familiar with this national pantomime) and OXIT (the more... Read more

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

• What If?

  

  Not much to say for this one but I have written a children's poem for a change. What if? What if I were a bird? Would my fear of heights inhibit me? Would I... Read more

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

• What If - Everything Vanishes

  

  A Happy New Year to you. One thing after another has prevented me from being an active blogger in recent weeks. I’m very happy to be back. I over-think things. ... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cliché

  

  Although with us all the time, it's just particularly noticeable at New Year, rife in fact if you go looking for it, the cliché - ridden to exhaustion (just lik... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2019 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cliches

  

  cliché noun 1A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. ‘that old cliché ‘a woman's place is in the home’’ ‘the usual... Read more

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