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• Creatures Of The Deep: The Coelacanth

  

  Put down your fish knives and forks, good people, the coelacanth is not for eating. It's not officially a protected species, though it probably should be. The... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Creature of the Deep?

  

  Many years ago my husband and I went camping and stopped on the shores of Loch Ness to brew up. We parked in a large lay- by and set up the stove. Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Deep Sea Creatures - There's a Disco Going on Down There.

  

  I have always loved the sea. I should qualify that statement. I have always loved sitting on the shore, watching the sea. I do like to swim in the sea but I am... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Creatures of the Deep - The Unknown

  

  There’s something about the sea that draws me to the coast to admire the view of the horizon. It’s a view I’ve grown up with, being fortunate to have seafront... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Very Private Place

  

  For as long as I can remember I’ve loved to hide away in a quiet, cosy corner, preferably with a book and a drink (back then, orange juice, these days, tea or... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Heads Up: A Very Private Place

  

  We all have to play the hand that has been dealt us - and this week's cards read 'A Very Private Place' . Hmmm. The temptation is to hold such cards close to... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Very Private Place

  

  Since reading an article about Indonesian orang-utans in 2008, I have shopped politically, written poems and talked to everyone that I can about a terrible... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Very Private Place - Sanctuary

  

  I’m back from a welcome break. I dread this time of the year, miserable mornings and dark tea-times. Everything seems like a major effort. It’s like an illness... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Black Friday Cornish Pastiche

  

  I'm down in London as I write this. I drove south from Blackpool yesterday ('Black Friday') and had arranged to kick the week-end off by meeting a friend I... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pastiche - It's All a Bit of a Miss Mash

  

  Pastiche. I like the sound of the word. I roll it around my mouth, savouring the feel of the letters. I say it out loud, slowly. I do this for several minutes... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2016 FOOD & DRINK

• Pastiche- I Get It Now.

  

  In the late 1960s and early 70s, my study of English Literature was peppered with novels, short stories, poetry and plays. Each academic year I was entertained... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pastiche

  

  Get on down, ready to go... A (w)rap song He come here for him chips He like it he knows The cost ain't too high In fact it quite low Me ask him salt 'n' vinega... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Beg Pardon?

  

  As I repeat my request for the fourth time I feel the frustration bubbling up inside my chest. Does he realise his loss of hearing is becoming a huge problem... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hearing - I'm Picking up Good Vibrations

  

  My mother lost the hearing in her left ear when she was in her late thirties through Meniere's disease. It is nasty condition that affects the inner ear, causin... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hearing Bad

  

  Some noises are a pleasant thing to hear, but when I was given the topic of hearing my mind immediately jumped to a certain Wednesday evening, where I was... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hearing - Music is My First Love

  

  To quote John Miles, ‘Music is my first love…’. I grew up with ‘The Light Programme’ on the wireless, my mother’s records, usually stacked to drop in turn on... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Volcano - The Day We Missed Vesuvius Erupting

  

  Last week, on my early morning walk along the prom, I spotted an old, spent firework, nestled in the grass on the slope above the sea. I stopped short. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Living With The Volcano

  

  I guess it's not uppermost in our everyday minds that we are living on the very thin crust of a slowly cooling fireball! However, we all know that earth has a... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Volcano

  

  I must admit that I don't know too much about volcanoes. However, I do know that many of Britain's mountains and islands were formed by volcanic activity. Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Volcano - The Ultimate Leveller.

  

  Would you be surprised to learn that there are over 50 active volcanoes on Earth and that several of them have erupted this month? Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2016 SELF EXPRESSION