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World Space Week

Although I realise that economic globalisation has bigtime downsides, I always feel all warm and cheery when I hear or read about major global culture that anyone anywhere can benefit from and enjoy. I...

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On the move

After a lot of ups and downs and hanging on the cliff-edge of ‘will it ever actually happen? is it about to fall through?’ we are moving house. We have only a short time to pack and finalise...

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The Move – part 1

The first stage of our move is now complete. Having sold our house, we’re now in a temporary home for the next few weeks while the purchase part of the whole thing goes through (we hope). I hope all my...

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Limbo and its literary uses

Our house move part two (into a new home) has not yet happened and we are still in a temporary place. A housing limbo with all mod cons, but not our own. As a blogger I frequently use my own life as a...

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One of life’s pleasures – a guided tour

One of my favourite activities is going on a guided tour: never mind of what, any tour thrills me. Houses, gardens, cemeteries, caves, farms, factories, warehouses, exhibitions – all reveal their...

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St David’s Day

Today is the day of the patron saint of the Land of Song. If patrons matched their countries he should be known for his music, but patron-sainthood is bestowed by historical accident rather than...

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Moving house

We’re moving in to our new home. Also getting a new broadband etc. I think this means I won’t be around for a few days. I look forward to reading new posts when I’m back on line.

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May Day

Today, 1st May, is traditionally May Day and a day of celebration and holiday. In the modern world it’s moved around to fall on the first Monday of the month and be added to a weekend. Only Christmas...

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A milestone for me

Yesterday I reached a main point in my writing career – I signed and sent back a licencing agreement for a short story. Coming soon This may not sound like much, but, although several of my poems and...

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Poetry in dark archives

Browsing through the British Library website, as I do from time to time, I came across an entry entitled A Page but not as We Know It and in it was the following wonderful phrase: Analytical Access to...

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A new writing project

I’ve just come across a new writing project that is part of the Brighton Digital Festival. It’s call Geo-writing, run by Paragraph Planet. It sounds great, people roaming around Brighton during the...

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Travels at dusk

I spent the weekend in London and returned home by coach yesterday evening. As the darkness fell we were embedded in a stream of vehicles going our way, and passing another going the opposite way. No...

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The heronry

The other day at a local event I did a quiz and one of the questions was about a heronry. I’d never heard of a heronry before. All the herons I’ve seen have been on their own sitting or wading by...

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Litotes – a new-to-me word

I’m quite a fan of understatements and decided to look some up on the web. While browsing around I came across another word: litotes, which is a special kind of understatement. The Free Dictionary...

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Harry swaps Devon for Abu Dhabi

A lovely little Christmas story – with a happy ending of course. Harry swaps Devon for Abu Dhabi.

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Merry Christmas

I’m typing this to the sound of church bells, one of my favourite sounds; it gives me a feel of cheerfulness. I wish all my readers a Merry Christmas. If it’s not a festival you keep, I hope you’re...

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Found poetry and huskies

Recently I attended a meeting at the British Antarctic Survey building in Cambridge. Outside the main entrance is a memorial to the dogs that worked for the Survey from 1945 to 1993. For me the list of...

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Polished clouds

Yesterday the high clouds had a sheen on them as if the angels had been polishing them. What did they use for the polishing? a gossamer cloth and new raindrops? A couple of times I’ve had jobs office...

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Five Fascinating Facts about Douglas Adams

E A M Harris:For all lovers of things quirky and particularly Douglas Adams brand of quirk. Originally posted on Interesting Literature: 1. One of Douglas Adams’s early jobs was as a bodyguard to a...

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Hiaku for a Chinese garden

Pavilions circle a tranquil pond; beyond them lies a storm-tossed world.

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