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• Birds of a Feather: A Family Gathering.

  

  My family are far and wide, all over the globe now. My eldest brother lives in Somerset and his two boys have settled in London and Halifax Nova Scotia. My... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Family Gathering

  

  Well I can't recall the last time I had a family gathering. My only son is a London policeman and leads a very hectic and stressful life, so we seldom get... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Frame

  By Colin Davies To be “In the frame” is to be in contention. Your still have a chance of being in the picture. You’re very much in the thoughts of those who... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• In The Frame Of Mind

  

  I have to admit to not feeling remotely Christmassy, not yet in the frame of mind to enjoy the impending festivities. It's partly a consequence of the... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Frame

  

  Creditable actress Helen Mirren, (born Helen Mirinov), published her autobiography in 2007. It was entitled, In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures. Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Frame

  

  " In the frame" -- a photographic/ cinematic term ? Or meaning being a suspect ? Or being popular ? I'm not sure which .. Anyway I am going to use the former... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Water To Wine?

  

  Water to wine - if only! No, not really. We've had a superfluity of the former in recent days....rains upon rains until we're sick of the sight and sound of... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Wine - a Poetic Tasting.

  

  According to Persian mythology, wine was discovered by a woman. She drank the fermented juice from grapes stored in a jar, went to sleep, and surprisingly woke... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Talk

  The Talk by Colin Davies Hello son, please come in and sit down. It’s time we had “the talk.” Please bear with me as I never done this before. You see, umm... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Town Planners

  

  : men and women of vision, charged with shaping our environs for the better, putting the best architectural and environmental theories into practice for the... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Town Planning - May the Force Be with You.

  

  Long, long ago, not far away (from where I now live in Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire), there was a stretch of coastline that was bleak marshland, inhabited onl... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Town Planning

  

  When I saw this week's theme I thought , " What do I know of this ? " So I set my mind to thinking ....At college circa 1969 we had a tutor who took us for... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winter

  Pick up any book or poem by one of the Bronte family and more often than not, there will be a winter scene described or winter weather referred to. Strong,... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Overwintering

  

  It is supposedly the case that the older you get, the colder you feel; or more precisely, the more you feel the cold. With December imminent, days are shortenin... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winter - Baby It's Cold Outside.

  

  I have prepared for Winter. They say this year is going to be very cold. Although I love the colours in Autumn and when working in Tenerife, truly missed the... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winter

  

  Once you start talking about winter one's mind turns back to winters past. Yesterday evening Don and I were talking just thus and recalling many bad or memorabl... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Channelled

  By Christo Heyworth “A two-kingfisher day, with sparrowhawks thrown inand we were bickering at Kingswood Junction.Water won’t be told, she said, you never... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Canal

  

  Towpaths I have loved... a simple exultation this time. I've headed south for the week-end, visiting family, and today I re-acquainted myself with the Grand... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Canals - Flowing Through Time.

  

  I spent my mid-childhood, from six until eleven, in Maghull. Dad opened a new pub there called the Everest in 1962. Named for the pioneering ascent in 1953,... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Canals

  

  Well this week's theme is 'canals', and you will already guess by my previous blog on 'locks' that I like the waterways. When I lived in Oxford we had a boat... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION