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• Slippers - What's The Point?

  

  It's nearly Midsummer and we're expected to bend our minds to slippers? I can't be doing with them at the best of times and haven't possessed a pair since I... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Slippers

  

  I like wearing slippers- not those as of in 'days of olde' but velvet, plush, fur lined,zip-up, velcro-fastened or slip on with a good rubber sole. Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Slippers - Real Or Fairytale?

  

  Not counting the mandatory footwear that I had to take into hospital then threw away afterwards, I can’t remember the last time I had a pair of slippers. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Zest 4 Life

  

  The word of the week has to be appetence. It's also the given theme for the blog. Like my fellow Dead Good Bloggers I wasn't exactly sure of its meaning. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Appetence - Seems It's All We Need.

  

  I hate to admit that the word appetence is new to me. Despite my English degree, this word has escaped my notice. I had to look it up. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Appetence - We'll Get What We Need

  

  “You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you’ll find you get what you need…” from the Jagger Richards composition, You Can’t Always Get... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Old Pile Of Books

  

  "It’s just an old pile of books". I was once greeted with that phrase when I went to buy some books from a lady who was selling her husband’s library. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• P...P...P...Pick Up A Penguin

  

  Penguin Books was the brainchild of one Allen Lane who at the time was managing director of publishing house The Bodley Head, back in an era when books were... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Books - an Adventure in Every One

  

  Where to start? This weeks blog theme is books. I can't imagine a life without them. They have been the catalyst for so many adventures in my life. From my firs... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Uniquely Portable Magic

  

  “I go back to the reading room, where I sink down into the sofa and into the world of the Arabian nights. Slowly, like a movie fadeout, the real world evaporate... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Books

  

  I'm one of those people who gets trapped in their own mind, caged by obsession and daydreams. A book is a source of escape. Images flash across my mind like a... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Larking About?

  

  I can't get wildly excited about insects and I suspect I'm not alone. However, skylarks love them, especially flying insects, so that's good enough for me. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mistakes

  

  It seems I'm on lonely lane again this week. Maybe the theme - mistakes - was an error in itself? It has signally failed to trigger the enthusiasm of my fellow... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• All About Wallpaper

  

  Saturday blog #175 is all about wallpaper. Wow....can life get any more exciting? I used to have a work colleague of Scottish descent who was fond of saying,... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wallpaper And Paste...

  

  Hello all! Here I am at last, but only for a brief sojourn I'm afraid. My time is so used up lately that I'm in danger of meeting myself coming back! Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wallpaper - All Wrapped Up.

  

  The earliest know fragment of European wallpaper that still exists today was found on the beams of the Lodge of Christ's College, Cambridge and dates from 1509. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wallpaper - Let's Keep It Dry

  

  My impaired vision cannot cope with brightly coloured carpets or patterned wallpaper, so our house is very plain in neutral colours. The busy, lived-in look or... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Hipster

  

  According to Wiki, "The hipster subculture is stereotypically composed of younger and middle-aged adults who reside primarily in gentrified neighbourhoods. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hipster - Has Anyone Got a Cowbell?

  

  All I wanted was a bell round my neck. Everyone else had one. The ‘everyone’ in this case referred to the groups of fashionable young people parading the... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oscar Wilde - His Part In My Downfall

  

  If I've piqued your interest with the title of today's blog then we're off to a promising start. To be earnest with you (which is important, is it not? Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION