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• The Poet & the Mermaid

  

  How did Garrison Keillor begin those cult radio broadcasts of his in that oh so lugubrious voice? "It's been another quiet week in Lake Woebegone..." or words t... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seashore Memories

  

  As a child, I grew up inland. A day trip to the seaside was a rare treat for the school holidays. I have the usual memories of building sandcastles on the beach... Read more

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

• She Sells Seashells On The Seashore

  

  It has been a week that has run like an horrendous tongue twister. My sister Lesley has a very classy home on the top of the highest hill overlooking Ramsey... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seashore

  

  This week's contribution is a piece that I wrote in August 1968. Good heavens! All those years ago and where has the time gone ? Here I am in my dotage still... Read more

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

• Surrealism

  

  . Wow, okay. Pause for thought. As a ‘movement’, Surrealism has been with us for nearly a century now, arriving as part and parcel of a cultural convulsion of... Read more

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

• The True Origin of Surrealism

  

  When Steve asked me to submit a piece for the blog I was delighted...except when he informed me that the title was "Surrealism" (gulp...) So I put on my thinkin... Read more

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

• Journey to Otherness

  

  My journey to otherness began at a young age. I was seven when my parents decided the state-run village school I attended wasn’t good enough for me. Read more

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

• Otherness

  

  Definition: the quality of being different. None more so than those who reign over us, eh? Almost a breed apart, the Royals, what with their divine right,... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Answer is Clear - What Was the Question?

  

  For a long time, it seemed obvious that I had no aptitude for maths. It was a reasonable inference for a seven-year-old. No matter how strenuously I tried to... Read more

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

• Myopia

  

  Let's give this theme of short-sightedness a metaphorical interpretation. There's a General Election in the offing. It's a priceless opportunity for Britons to... Read more

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

• Short Sighted Or What!?

  

  There are times on the blog, where I want to take the theme and put a new twist on it. Sound intelligent and witty. Sadly this is not one of those weeks. I've... Read more

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

• Unfinished Business

  

  In conversation at Manchester's Cornerhouse on Monday the 16th March with Julie Gardner, another member of 52, the best poetry-writing group I have every... Read more

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

• To Be Continued…

  

  Location: Stroke Ward, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool Dateline: Saturday March 21, 2015 Your dedicated Saturday Blogger writes: I was surprised to find myself... Read more

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

• Missing You

  

  Grief is a funny thing. The psychologist tells us that it happens to each of us in stages ranging from denial, (not just a river in Eqypt) to anger and... Read more

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

• Missing!

  

  Sad to read that Sir Terry Pratchett has departed the planet this week at the tender age of 66. I hope his spirit has found its way to Discworld. Read more

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

• The Theme is Missing .....

  This week the theme is missing. Not "the theme is missing", i.e. absent, but "missing". However, with that play on words, it brought this to mind about how we... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Night Falls

  One of the most interesting exhibitions at Blackpool Grundy Art Gallery of recent times was the Haunted House experience, which climaxed in an evening of... Read more

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

• And The Sirens Sweetly Sing

  

  This week's theme is noises in the night - and so here is an aural tapestry that collates the heard experiences of many different Blackpool nights into one awfu... Read more

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

• Noises in the Night

  As dusk falls there is always a shift change of creatures. Day-walkers settle down to sleep and nocturnal beasts emerge for their nightly patrols. Read more

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

• Licence To Kill?

  

  Okay, this blog isn't going to be to everyone's taste - but please stick with it... a bit like Picasso's 'Guernica', art isn't always beautiful. Read more

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