Song Lyric Sunday this week is looking for songs written as tributes for someone. This heart-rending piece by John Lennon was the first example that came into my mind. I think it’s quite well known that John Lennon’s childhood was neither ‘normal’ or happy. Apart from the fact that he was born during a German…
Bloganuary Day 22: Time for some perspective What is your favourite quote and why? Quotes: don’t you love ’em? So much easier than having an original thought, some people say. Personally, I think that’s a rather harsh judgement: if someone else has expressed it in a better way than you could come up with, I…
Bloganuary Day 21: We have been here before….. If you could, what year would you time travel to, and why? You may recall, dear reader, that time travel was my chosen superpower earlier this week. Been there, done that – which is rather appropriate for the subject of time travel, I suppose. In the interest…
Bloganuary Day 20: easy – or is it? What is your favourite photo you’ve ever taken? Now, this one shouldn’t pose too much of a problem, given that photography is my (only proper) hobby. Why,I even have another blogging site dedicated to it. Feel free to have a rummage. It’s not quite so straightforward, however.…
Bloganuary Day 19: Warning – today I am wearing my ‘grumpy old man’ head. Write about something mysterious. I’m grateful to today’s instalment of Bloganuary for providing this opportunity to have a rant, thereby further cementing my carefully cultivated image of general misanthropy. Most thing are at least something of a mystery to me, so…
Bloganuary Day 18: Flagging, but sticking with it What book is next on your reading list? I used to be a voracious reader, and from a very early age too. I could already read before I went to school at four and a half, and some of my clearest childhood memories are of lying on…
Bloganuary Day 17: downhill from here What is a superpower you’d love to have? Pretty much any superpower would be nice to have, although that’s not the same thing as love to have. For example, super strength would certainly come in handy for opening those stubborn jam jars. In similar vein, super sight could be…
Bloganuary Day 16: halfway there, and living on a prayer What is a cause you’re passionate about and why? An honest question that deserves an honest answer – even if it’s one that doesn’t provide much material from which to build a blog post. I support lots of causes; I have my own political sympathies…
This week’s theme for Song Lyric Sunday is centred around weaponry, with key words including ‘bomb’, ‘gun’ knife’: you know, all that good stuff. I couldn’t come up with a suitable song title containing any of these words, so instead I’ve opted for this gentle Grateful Dead ballad. Apparently, Robert Hunter’s working title for this…
Bloganuary Day 15: Are we there yet? What is a life lesson you feel everyone can benefit from learning? Well, this is going to be a short one. I find the presumption of arrogance implicit in today’s prompt to be quite breathtaking. Who am I – or anybody else, for that matter – to presume…
the only deadhead in the hameau 