Ashleylister

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2179 )

• Lost

  

  An interesting word 'lost'. Well, for me, it conjured up different thoughts. I looked out my archival poems. Many, many pieces bemoaning lost love, lost youth,... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lost - with a Song in My Heart?

  

  I am a big fan of wild birds. I have an old apple tree in the middle of my lawn and every day, I top up the feeder that hangs from a lower branch. Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lost - Something Dark

  

  It was tough watching ‘Philomena’. I’d seen the trailers on TV and it looked like a good film. Judi Dench always gives a first class performance and I like Stev... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lost

  

  I’m a bit nervous about sharing this because I’m not an artist, unlike most of the people who blog here. In my case this is just a bit of fun and taking part,... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trust

  

  In this morally ambiguous 21st century world, awash with DIY-propaganda, false narratives and multiple versions of the truth, how is an ordinary Joe (or... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Trust - a Societal Concept.

  

  I have to say how moved I have been this week by Facebook friends who have posted "Me Too" notices on their pages at last 'coming out ' to express that they... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• D.u.s.k

  

  Here it comes now as I write, edging crepuscular. This is dusk, of course, when "shadows of the evening steal across the sky". Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gloaming

  

  A fine word ' Gloaming'. It expresses the hue, light and atmosphere of dusk, twilight, sunset...whatever you wish to call it. Most people can quote " Roaming... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dusk - a Trick of the Light.

  

  Apparently dusk is highly technical. The time of dusk is the moment at the very end of astronomical twilight, just before total darkness or night. In fact it... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dusk - Wales at Sun-down

  

  We enjoyed fabulous family holidays in Pembrokeshire when the children were small. I’ve mentioned before that we were fortunate to have the use of a static... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Outsider

  

  The week's bloggings on the theme of outsider have been mostly of a personal and confessional nature, but I'm going to buck the trend as this one is going to... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Outsider

  

  I've often felt like an outsider, but I know now that it all turned out for the best. I was an only child - so straightaway that made me 'different' from other... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Outsider - Why Are We Like This?

  

  I have been following the news carefully over the past few weeks. I have a fondness for Spain, speak the language fairly well and have worked and holidayed on... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Outsider

  

  What does it mean to be an outsider? I’ve felt like an outsider all of my life. In fact my earliest memory is of watching myself on an old camcorder recording;... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Coventry Cathedral

  

  It's the last day of September, which for me represents the true end of summer. The sun (when it shines) still has some power to warm, but one can feel its... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Church

  

  I like old churches. I like their architecture, their location, their history and the adjoining graveyard especially. On tombstones is etched history, sociology... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Church - Raikes Parade Methodist Church

  

  It was a sad day in 2003 when Raikes Parade Methodist Church held a final Methodist service and the doors were locked for the last time. The church was no longe... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Track

  

  Yes indeed. Back on track after a fab week on the sunny island of Kos; not a cloud to be seen and temperatures in the mid-30s Celsius - not bad for September. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Track

  

  As you all know I do a lot of hillwalking and in order to keep myself up-to-date I took a refresher course in intermediate map reading about two years ago. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• On Track - One More Time To Live

  

  The school holiday of Christmas 1971 was a time of worry and uncertainty. Exams were looming ever closer which led to thoughts of that distant thing called... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION