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…
Bloganuary Day 13: Entering the realms of fantasy… What does your ideal day look like? I’ve had longer than usual to think about today’s prompt. Normally, I first see it in my inbox when I wake up at the usual time, but today I found myself awake in the small hours, so took an early…
Bloganuary Day 6: will this torment ever end? Who is someone that inspires you and why? It would be all too easy – albeit entirely justified, I may say – to complete Day 6 of my self-imposed Bloganuary ordeal with a paean to Madame, who does inspire me, for more reasons and in more ways…
I’m playing along again this week with the Weekly Song Challenge hosted by Laura at Lauravent69 Post a video of a song that makes you think of your youth. ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ by Stealer’s Wheel is forever associated in my head with revising for my final University exams in June 1973. In…
A lot of people seem to have found Helen’s theme of ‘Fear’ for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday pretty straightforward. I confess that I had to think about it for a while, having eschewed the perhaps too obvious ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’. However, this Pink Floyd song eventually came to me, and famously has the…
My home town* – bang to rights: * Not Rome, obviously One-Liner Wednesday 9 May 2018
“Is that a new shirt, or have you just been sick?” Picture this – if you can. August 1967: the Summer of Love and also Liverpool’s first Saturday home game of the new season. I was standing on the Kop, as was my wont in those days. Close to me was a lad wearing a…
Tough week alright, and who could blame Helen for not feeling able to come up with a specific theme for this Sunday? Much as I am a huge fan of Leonard Cohen, we perhaps need something a little more uplifting in these times. Besides, if I hear another strangulated version of ‘Hallelujah’ any time in…
Examine my sleeve as closely as you will: you’ll never find my heart on it. I’m not, by nature, particularly demonstrative. This doesn’t mean I lack feelings (far from it), simply that making a fuss – thereby, shock horror, drawing attention to myself – doesn’t come easily, and certainly not naturally. Now, I’m well aware that being low-key can sometimes…
Every so often, WordPress comes up with a daily prompt that’s quite irresistible, and a couple of days ago they offered up an absolute beauty. “Your blog is being turned into an audiobook. If you could choose anyone to narrate your posts, who would it be?” This fits in neatly with one of their earlier…
the only deadhead in the hameau 