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• Volcano - Shout at a Teacher.

  

  Volcanoes are extinct in the United Kingdom. The last activity I can find took place off the County Antrim coast in Northern Ireland about sixty million years... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Generosity - In All Its Forms

  

  When I was young it was unheard of to give teachers presents at Christmas, Easter or any other occasion. However, I noticed, when I began teaching twenty five... Read more

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

• Generosity

  

  I plan to talk about ' Generosity ' in terms other than monetary. Rather the sharing of time, values, skills....being generous of spirit. For many people the... Read more

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

• Generosity - It Will Be All Right on the Night.

  

  Since the first major Appeal in 1980 BBC Children in Need has raised over £840 million, all of which has gone to help disadvantaged children and young... Read more

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

• Generosity

  

  If you know me, you’ll have already heard (and been bored to tears by now) that I met my favourite rock star, John Lodge of the Moody Blues recently. Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• Things My Father Told Me

  

  To be honest, my father never really told me very much at all. When I was growing up my dad worked twelve hours a day, six days a week. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Father Told Me...

  

  ...to always tell the truth, even if sometimes it's not an easy or a pleasant thing to do. He was a very religious man and believed that Sunday (the Sabbath)... Read more

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

• Things My Father Told Me

  

  My Dad was born in Blackpool in 1914, the son of a small eccentric mother and a talented musician father. He lived to be 83 and had a tale to tell about almost... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Daddy's Girl - Things My Father Told Me

  

  Play-mate, teacher, mentor, confidante and advisor, are just a few of the things my father was to me. I was ‘daddy’s girl’ and followed him everywhere. He was... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

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

• Holidays and Other Disasters

  

  Holidays. The word evokes in me a mixture of excitement and trepidation, in equal measure. I have had so many disasters and near disasters that it’s a wonder I... Read more

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

• Holiday!

  

  Imagine the dilemma. You live (maybe alone, maybe with your perfect partner) on a tropical island paradise - for instance the one pictured below - where each da... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Holidays - a Change is as Good...

  

  I am definitely not a big holiday girl. It doesn't matter whether I get away once or twice a year to the same old, same old resort, just to drink sangria and... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2016 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let's Take Off in a Motor Home

  

  The summer holidays of my childhood seemed to last forever and it was always warm and sunny. Day after day playing on Blackpool sands wearing cool, cotton... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seagull - The Final Act Of Defiance

  

  A couple of years ago I got up one morning to find a huge (and I mean, huge - it was the size of a football) baby seagull tottering about in our garden. Read more

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

• Seagullibility

  

  What would your Saturday Blogger like to see put into Room 101? I could write you a list that would be longer than my Bucket List or my Christmas List, but one... Read more

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

• Seagull

  

  Well. there is no such bird as a ' seagull ', but is a name that is given to all sorts of gulls and covers ( for us in Europe ),14 different varieties. Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seagulls - Who Are You Calling Stupid.

  

  I have lived by the sea for almost the whole of my life. I would like to say that I am immune to seagulls but I would be lying. They are so annoying. They wake... Read more

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

• Seagulls in Dumfries

  

  I’m back from my travels and eager to get cracking with my regular Tuesday blog-spot. ‘Seagulls’ is the theme for this week and a memory made me smile. Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2016 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Good Old Days

  

  The 1960s. My teenage years. These were definitely my good old days. I was hurtling towards womanhood, I was fit, I was healthy, I had the world at my feet. I... Read more

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