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• Stereotyping – Much Easier Than THINKING

  

  In a complex, bewildering world, it is so much easier to avoid really thinking about issues that cause us concern by applying a label, a hook, a short-hand... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Embracing the Dark

  

  It’s a small shock every year. The leaves rust and fall, the hours of daylight flutter down with them. You can do the maths: it’s all to do with the tilt and... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dark

  For most of my working life I was gainfully employed by Eastman Kodak. I chose them as they were an ethical company. Their products brought joy, and better... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• In the Dark....with Jarvis

  

  In keeping with the greyness of the day and the hopelessness of the political landscape, my mood is gloomy at the moment. Having written several blogs... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Asking the Question Why

  For the short version of this blog read Don Paterson's poem The Day. I take it to be about searching. What do you think? You can find it at:... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Searching?

  I've been having fun with electricity and my service supplier recently. Weekly electricity consumption has been fairly constant over the year and a bit that I'v... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Can You See It?

  This weeks topic is "Searching". On Sunday last, I was searching for the water stop-cock to stem a leak, then searching for a Plumber who would come out that... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• See You On The Dark Side Of The Moo.....

  

  Tomorrow evening [Friday 7th November, 6pm onwards] sees the launch of a brand new season of Lancashire Dead Good Poetry Society's open mic nights. Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• It Seems I’m Just Another Feckless ‘welfare’ Scrounger……

  

  We are all searching for things that make sense of our world, looking for reasons why things that happen in our lives happen and, increasingly, for someone... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Dreams

  I’ve got the bloody Gabrielle tune going round in my head right now, and I’m trying to push it away with Ella Fitzgerald singing Dream instead. The songs are... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night...

  Dreams. I blame it all on those electric prunes! I walked off with the Mercury Prize for Music and Blackpool FC won the Champions' League - again; flying was... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• I'm Just a Daydream Believer

  

  Much for me to dream about this week. I dream of an orderly existence in my new home –decades of rubbish and clutter ejected - sitting serenely in pristine,... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Loose-ish

  Good Morning Sunday; or is it the afternoon? What time are you reading this? When did I write it? Is it still Sunday? When something that is so regimented in it... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Loose

  I must apologise in advance to anyone not remotely interested in football or the fate of Blackpool FC. Just think of today's blog as being loosely based on Gree... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bloggers Let Loose

  

  One of the challenges of blogging to a predetermined theme is the imperative to find a link between that theme and one’s own experiences. The link can be... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Material

  is so useful a word as it can cover so many different manifestations. When I began to notice in infancy the many activities of my mother especially in the late... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• His Dark Materialism -

  This is a weighty subject indeed, too big for a simple blog to do justice to. Where to start? Random musings.....Maslow's hierarchy? Religion and the rise of... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Gimme More ........ !

  It's easy to get caught up in the acquisition of "things". In this day and age, it would appear that we are indoctrinated to consume goods at a ridiculous rate. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Happiness - Available Now in All Shops

  

  A short blog from me this week, as I’m in the throes of moving house – a process that concentrates the mind more than usual about the folly of accumulating so... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Britain

  Broken Britain. A phrase coined by those in power with little sympathy for those who it truly reflects. Interested only in clawing back money to allegedly reduc... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2014 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION