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• Esp

  

  One more sparkling sunny summer Saturday in the jewel of the north, seagulls are spiralling happily, tomatoes are ripening on the vine and there's not a cloud o... Read more

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

• ESP - Gift Or a Curse?

  

  It doesn't matter whether you were raised under the eye of organised religion, were nurtured by a hippy earth mother or have a sound scientific background, at... Read more

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

• ESP - Second Sight

  

  My mum called it ‘second sight’. She had inherited it from her mother and grandmother. It has come down the generations to me, though mine differs from theirs. Read more

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

• Lolita

  

  Lancashire Dead Good Poets were approached last year by a Liverpool-based arts project that took Lolita as its theme and was looking to match poetry with... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dolly Mop

  

  Well , I've taken the bull by the horns today. I quickly wrote this at breakfast time and almost gave Don apoplexy when I read it to him...poor man. Read more

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

• Lolita - 'thank Heaven for Little Girls...'

  

  Nobody has even suggested that this is an easy topic for a blog. There are so many current issues with child exploitation in the news. Read more

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

• Shipwrecked

  

  Already this week my fellow bloggers have given the theme of shipwreck an appropriately nautical treatment, which leaves me feeling that I should strive for... Read more

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

• The Golden Wreck

  

  This week I'm able to participate again as I have internet access...being at home. It seems that I am often away..so I'm going to tell you about a little trip... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shipwreck - Rock on and Roll Off.

  

  Most of the time, I am cautious. I believe that once my children were born, I changed from someone who acted spontaneously and quite often had to extricate... Read more

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

• Shipwreck - Desert Islands

  

  Sometimes, when life throws too many challenges all at once, and this has been one such week, I think how perfect and peaceful it would be if I lived on an... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Roses

  

  are the topic this week! They come high on the list of flowers that I like, along with iris and gerbera. What gives the rose the edge over others in the boquet... Read more

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

• Roses - Memories

  

  An afternoon in August. I wanted to sit outside in the shaded side of the garden with something good on my Kindle, a nice cup of tea and complain... Read more

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

• On Your Bike!

  

  Ah, the mighty bicycle. What a topic for a Saturday Blog. Still, I shouldn't complain - it was one of my suggestions when we set this summer season up. Read more

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

• Bicycle - Its a Foreign Word.

  

  For most of you it will come as no surprise if I say that this week's theme is didn't go down well with me. I don't ride a bike. Read more

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

• Bicycle - Riding Out With Dad

  

  Christmas, 1967, I was given a bicycle. Shiny and new with white tyres and the ‘Triumph 20’ logo on the pale blue metallic frame. It was a wonderful surprise an... Read more

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

• Childhood Secrets

  

  The going wasn't always easy for we junior citizens of the Undemocratic Republic of Mother Fatherland back in the day, (Peterborough, late 1950s into early... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Childhood Secrets - Dreadful Child

  

  It took ages to pluck up the courage to tell my mother that I was being picked on and bullied by my supposed ‘best friend’. The tears came before I got any word... Read more

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

• To Magnify A Candle's Brightness...

  

  It's another lovely sunny Saturday evening on the Fylde coast and daylight will probably prevail until after ten tonight. Once darkness arrives, the electric... Read more

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

• Candlelight - Be Careful

  

  I have nothing against candlelight. I find it very pleasant, especially in a restaurant, with a hearty Italian meal, a red checked table cloth, a brilliant... Read more

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

• Candlelight - Power Cuts

  

  That’s Wimbledon over and a hope for two British champions in the same tournament is on hold. There’s something romantic about candlelight. Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION