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• An Act of Inaction

  Certain things prove difficult, even though their accomplishment requires that we do less, not more. Dieting, at its simplest, demands that we consume less... Read more

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

• Twin Towers

  

  I didn't expect I'd be referencing Paris for a second week running (after last week's Van Gogh Dans Le Metro poem). I had a completely different idea mapped... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Secrecy - It's Time to Open the Curtains.

  

  The World Wide Web was invented by English scientist Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. He wrote the first web browser in 1990 while employed at CERN in Switzerland. Read more

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

• Doppleganger

  by Ian Rusetear A doppleganger, or aesthetic double, was first heard by me in context of ‘Stone Roses’ guitarist John Squire who, in emulation of... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ich Habe Einen Doppelganger

  

  Your regular Saturday blogger wishes me to advise you that he's taking today off - a well-earned rest, blah blah blah. Apart from anything else, he thinks he's... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Doppelganger - Must Be Seeing Double.

  

  When my sister and I were younger, we worked together and wore the same uniform. I remember one day went out together to buy lunch and a lady said, "Ooh... Read more

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

• Doppelganger

  

  I have some experience of doppelgangers...not of myself, I might add...although like nearly everyone reading this someone at some time has asked if I have siste... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sex, Pies and Gaffer Tape

  

  Mercy, children. Who's that a-knocking so early at our door? What does this hideous portent? 'Tis the blogger at the Gates of Dawn. O pity him, awakened by the... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Tie

  Who remembers Kipper ties ? I was a dedicated follower of fashion in the mid 60's and 70's. Making my own clothes to keep up with the latest trends. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Games People Play

  

  by Pamela Winning When I heard the announcement that Joe South had passed away, I felt personally bereaved. I remember the disbelief as I hurried to the radio a... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mind Games People Play

  

  In a week of rushing and deadlines, I've not had a lot of time to think nor prepare for this blog (on the theme of Games People Play) so please excuse a brief... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Games People Play - How High Are the Stakes?

  

  They play a lot of games in politics. No where in the world are more games played than in the corridors of power. They play games with us - the electorate. Read more

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

• Games People Play

  

  Firstly this week's topic kept me singing this -- Oh, the games people play yeh Every night and every day yeh Never meaning what they say yeh Never saying what... Read more

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

• A Crumpled Rainbow

  

  Mortality: on the library-shelf of our lives, after education, adventure, war, romance, childcare, politics, hobbies, maybe a bit of noir, it stands immovable a... Read more

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

• Mortality - It is Nothing to Worry About.

  

  A wise man once told me that there are only two certainties in life; one is death and the second is that flat roofs will leak. Well he was a roofer. I have to... Read more

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

• Mortality

  Well better late than never ! This week' s title hasn't really been far from my mind....At the weekend I got an urgent message from a friend, asking if I could... Read more

  Posted on 14 October 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Moon

  Many thought that when I was asked to write a piece about the moon that I would write a poem about bare bums. The fact is I really like the moon and she feature... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Barking at the Moon

  

  Hot on the heels of last week's cat blog, this week's dog blog. Prompted by listening to Mark Grist recite a poem about his happy hound on Blackpool Promenade... Read more

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

• Moon and Supermoon

  

  I have always been fascinated by the moon. I live by the sea and have known since childhood that the lunar cycle controls the high and low tides. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Moon

  

  Well this week's title 'Moon'..can mean various things, but I am going to talk about 'The Moon ' Now, the moon can be regarded as a benevolent or malevolent... Read more

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