Imagine the time before recorded sound. Before wax cylinders and piano rolls and music boxes. When all you had was the singer. Back when Elvis came to town.
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I really enjoy writing to
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
I really enjoy writing to prompts, as you never know where they'll take you. I go to a creative writing group once a month where we do just this, and I particularly enjoy seeing the different ways people interpret the prompts. Similarly, the...
Some much needed reassurance that even these days, if you are true to your dreams, you may just win out over all the flash and smugness out there. Very much enjoyed this!
Great fun, Paul! Yes, let's have some more. Your protagonist could always take on the case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra. I've never forgiven Watson for not writing that one up.
Sorry, great though the old films are, Jeremy Brett is the...
Hello! Thanks for dropping by. No beer glasses here, I promise.
What inclines me to think Musk knew exactly what he was doing is his support for right wing extremists like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) and the fact that a few days...
Trump assumes that should a contradiction arise, he can just bellow at it until it somehow miraculously disappears. Rather like the trans people who, at the stroke of a pen, will simply cease to exist. It's moronic and horrific all at the same...
I really enjoy writing to
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
I really enjoy writing to prompts, as you never know where they'll take you. I go to a creative writing group once a month where we do just this, and I particularly enjoy seeing the different ways people interpret the prompts. Similarly, the...
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Nice one. Gossip is as gossip
Posted on Sat, 01 Mar 2025
Nice one. Gossip is as gossip does. He could be a sober monster, of course!
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
This beautiful reflection on memory is our Sunday Pick of the Day! Please do share if you enjoy it too.
Picture by Pearson Scott Foresman, free to use at Wikimedia Commons: ...
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Some much needed reassurance
Posted on Sat, 15 Feb 2025
Some much needed reassurance that even these days, if you are true to your dreams, you may just win out over all the flash and smugness out there. Very much enjoyed this!
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This is just brilliant, Rich.
Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025
This is just brilliant, Rich. So funny, and scary at the same time.
We think of you often. Hold on in there.
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Poem of the Week
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
This joyous piece is our Poem of the Week. Congratulations!
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Great fun, Paul! Yes, let's
Posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2025
Great fun, Paul! Yes, let's have some more. Your protagonist could always take on the case of the Giant Rat of Sumatra. I've never forgiven Watson for not writing that one up.
Sorry, great though the old films are, Jeremy Brett is the...
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Feeling hope in beauty is an
Posted on Thu, 06 Feb 2025
Feeling hope in beauty is an important handhold. The next one will come.
A lovely piece of writing, Penny.
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Hello! Thanks for dropping by
Posted on Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Hello! Thanks for dropping by. No beer glasses here, I promise.
What inclines me to think Musk knew exactly what he was doing is his support for right wing extremists like Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Tommy Robinson) and the fact that a few days...
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Trump assumes that should a
Posted on Mon, 03 Feb 2025
Trump assumes that should a contradiction arise, he can just bellow at it until it somehow miraculously disappears. Rather like the trans people who, at the stroke of a pen, will simply cease to exist. It's moronic and horrific all at the same...
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