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• If Only I Knew Then...

  

  Hindsight is a troublesome thing and no one has perfected 20/20 retrovision yet. The best we can do is learn valuable life-lessons from our mistakes. That's... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• If I Knew Then...things May Not Have Worked out So Well.

  

  This weeks' blog will be a blog of many parts. This morning I am heading to The Lake District for two days of unadulterated luxury. I have got through another... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• If I'd Only Known - Silly Rules

  

  If only I’d known…my list is endless and at the top is ‘If only I’d known I wouldn’t get a state pension until I’m 66’. I’ll set that rant aside for another day. Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Letters - They Can Be a Lifesaver

  

  Much as I love technology, and spend a big chunk of every day with eyes on a screen, fingers flying across a keyboard, sending the next text, email, tweet or... Read more

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

• Red Letter Day

  

  Do you remember the quip: "I used to be indecisive - but now I'm not so sure!"? I have to admit that Red Letter Day is my fourth (and final) variation on this... Read more

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

• Letters of Our Alphabet

  

  Most contributors this week have chosen to look at letters and letter writing. Well, I am going to look at it as letters of the alphabet. Now I am pretty useles... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Letters - Take the Time to Write Them

  

  Letters are a joy. Why on earth would anyone send an email, a text of a social media message to say something really important to a fellow human being when a... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Letters - Much More Than Pen Friends

  

  I can’t remember the last handwritten letter I received, not counting notes in Christmas cards. The speed and availability of social media and email has replace... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Masters, A Gap in My Education

  

  I have a confession to make. I was thrown into a bit of a tizzy when I saw the title of this week’s blog. Despite being a creative type of person for the whole... Read more

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

• Great Masters? Painting in Motion.

  

  I was a little reluctant to write on this week's theme. I have not studied art to a great extent. Oh I have been to Tate Liverpool to see a Jackson Pollock... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Great Masters

  

  - Art or Music? I chose music. As a child I hated going to piano lessons. It was my dread for years between the ages of ten to fourteen, when I convinced my... Read more

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

• Death And Taxes

  

  "Tis impossible to be sure of anything except Death and Taxes". So wrote Christopher Bullock in his play The Cobler of Preston (sic) first published/performed i... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh Death, Where is Thy Sting?

  

  “Oh death, where is thy sting?” I’m sure when this line first appeared in the bible (Corinthians 15.55, if anyone wants to check) it didn’t expect to raise... Read more

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

• A Long Time Dead

  

  Well, I must tell you that I've battled this week with a story that I want to tell, but in the telling it upsets me beyond measure. Once before I tried to... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Death: It's Behind You.

  

  You will have to forgive the glib header today. I realise that the pantomime season is coming to a close but I just couldn't resist. You see I am a product of m... Read more

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

• Death - Dreaming of Loved Ones

  

  I was only four years old when I encountered death for the first time. My lovely great-grandmother had passed away during the night. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Teddies and Other Animals

  

  Mojo mark 1 When I was teaching I bought myself a cheap, soft toy monkey who was destined to be a dunce for the rest of his life. Read more

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

• Teddy Burns

  

  Your Saturday Blogger's teddy#1 was still quite young and furry when it met with a catastrophic end. I was four at the time but I remember the events of that... Read more

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

• Teddy

  

  Of course we all think of Teddy Bears.- From the original " Theodore ", to vintage teddies, Steiff Teddies. An age less toy, a lifelong companion..providing... Read more

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

• Teddy - a Lifetime Companion?

  

  More than half of Britons still have a teddy bear from childhood and the average teddy bear is 27 years old, the poll found. Travelodge, the hotel chain,... Read more

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