Podcasting Day – 30th Sept (#Just For Fun)
Today, we meet Judi and Hans, Who’ve joined the many podcast fans, They are making a list, Of broadcasts they have missed, To update their listening plans. (Limerick) If you […]
The Bewlay Brothers – Song Lyric Sunday
And so the story goes they wore the clothesThey said the things to make it seem improbableWhale of a lie like they hope it was And the good men tomorrow […]
Elastic – Six-Sentence Story #126
175 years ago, Stephen Perry patented the ‘elastic’ band, for the improvement to the rubber band through vulcanisation. The heating of the rubber with sulphur made the band more durable […]
The House that Jack Built – (You are in control FPQ#88)
When I saw Fandango’s Provocative Question – you are in control? I thought it was worth sharing what I am reading at the moment plus an old blog post of […]
The Long Road – (Song Lyric Sunday Prompt – Canada)
Before you press delete … This Canadian band has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide, has sold out Madison Square Garden and has been nominated for six Grammy awards, including “Album of the […]
Kettle – (Six-Sentence Story #125)
It all started with a shiny, new kettle. When sparks flew it was time for the olden to go to the big kitchen tip in the sky. The thing is […]
Under Pressure (Song Lyric Sunday – Contrasts)
Musical contrast is the difference between parts and sounds. In particular, rhythm, melody and harmony. Contrast is not only a way of adding interest, and difference in a song, but is essential […]
When in Sydney … (Song Lyric Sunday)
It was on our bucket list, not just to visit Sydney Opera House, but to enjoy an opera whilst there. So lucky for us – it was La Traviata performing. […]
Be CURIOUS (Ch#7: Just one thing)
Curiosity! – Don’t just ask; look and listen, Taste, feel, sniff, and smell. Use all your senses To seek many answers with – Curiosity! (Haiku) Photo by FOX from Pexels Chapter 7 – […]
Into the WIND (Ch#5 Just one thing)
What the hell is work-life balance? It’s like ‘peeing’ into the wind, Such nonsense, so it should be binned, Instead, make the most of your talents, Robustly, building, valiance, […]
My 62-Day Challenge (Weekly Decima Prompt #11)
It would be so hunky-dory, Over the next 62 days, To proffer you things that amaze. Each day I’ll share one more story, From a book most laudatory. A gift […]
Donald Duck Day – 9th June (#Just for Fun)
A sailor who’s called Donald Duck, Is frequently dealt with bad luck, Always swears with a lisp, Stamps his feet, shakes his fist, And most often ends up unstuck. (Limerick) […]
So Grateful for Friends
It is almost forty years since I left college, and twenty years since the school reunion where me and my four bestest school friends all met up in the same […]
Peace and the invisible friend!
My dear old Dad has just gone back into hospital with ongoing respiratory problems, he is 99, and his kidneys no longer function very well which means the doctors are […]
With Thanks! (Discover Prompts #29 – Lists)
I’m a bit stymied with this prompt, having written two posts about lists already during the Discover Prompts challenge; MUSIC, NOTES . These have been the two most viewed posts throughout […]
Enveloped (Discover Prompts #27 – TEAM)
One of the most powerful things I have read about is the ‘sales team in an envelope’ theory. I do believe it came from Dan Kennedy, American Guru of the […]
Rymbury (Discover Prompts #26 – HIDDEN)
At the bottom end of Seven Acres, lies 12 strange dwellings at the buried rim. The reason we decided to buy no 12, was that there is an alleyway beneath […]
My Golden Nectar (Discover Prompts #24 – ELIXIR)
I am taking some poetic license on elixir, in that it is a pill or potion that is taken by mouth. My elixir was developed not quite a hundred years […]
Aholic (Discover Prompts #23 – NOTE)
-aholic – denoting a person addicted to something. I am a self-confessed, note-aholic, and what’s more a list-aholic too. Shoot! that’s two serious confessions in one Blog post. I write […]
Variations (Discover Prompts #22 – TEMPO)
My all-time favourite piece of classical music is Elgar’s Enigma Variations. That is not just because I love the score, but because of the stories behind each of the 14 […]
One Stone, Two Challenges (Discover Prompts #20 – MUSIC)
My school friend, Kathy Wakefield, gave me a Facebook task; to choose 10 albums that greatly influenced my taste in music. One album per day for ten consecutive days. No […]
Experiential Learning (Discover Prompt #18 – NEW)
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein. I don’t know about you, but I am not a fan of learning from my mistakes. Never […]
Tortoise (Discover Prompts #16 – SLOW)
I think I should have been born a tortoise. The ability to bite if provoked and a firm shell to protect me from predators. Plus the opportunity to hibernate for […]
Rosemary, Thyme & Basil (Discover Prompts #15 – SCENT)
It is a joy, now that Spring has brought with it some well-needed sunshine to get out into the garden. The bottom end of the garden where the quality of […]
In awe (Discover Prompts #14 – BOOK)
I love books, I mean I really love books. I quite like reading them, but get more pleasure in; what it is I discover, the turning down of the leaf […]
Sharing (Discover Prompts #13 – TEACH)
I looked up the synonym for teach and found the following list: Advise Coach Demonstrate Develop Direct Explain Instruct Lecture Prepare Show Train Tutor For me, teaching is all of […]
Validation – (Discover Prompts #10 – ORCHESTRATE)
The eureka moment for any small business is not that you have found a gap in the market but that you have found a market in the gap. This blog […]
Dynamic Duos (Discover prompt #9 – PAIRS)
I am a big fan of podcaster, Hrishikesh Hirway. I first got hooked on his work when he paired up with Joshua Malina. Together they commentated on episodes of the […]
The Whispering Gallery (Discover Prompts #8 CURVE)
I went to see my dear old Dad last year. He is 99 years of age. He remembers things from the dim and distant past much better than whatever went on yesterday […]
Au Revoir – (Discover Posts #7 BELOW)
I am feeling a tad below par A little cough that is just enough To make me feel bizarre I’m hoping that it is nothing worse So off to […]
British Sign Language (Discover Prompts #6 – HANDS)
I have been a Toastmaster since 2008, over the years I have learnt to curtail my excessive hand gestures, the clutching of hands at waist-level, the gripping of the podium […]
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