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Tag Archives: creativity
A Number of Frozen Balloons
Feeling a bit frozen this weekend – no, not that – due to a heavy snowfall, and life events. Heavy for round here that is, it isn’t the snow of my Michigan childhood and young adulthood. Yesterday I did something … Continue reading
23 Random & Not So Random Reasons Why I Love Steampunk
Being a List of the Various, Sundry, and Indeed Random Reasons I Enjoy Steampunk, with Occasional Interruptions by Weasels, Stoats, & a Badger Who Likes to Play Suduko, as Well as Praise for the Beauty that is Doncaster Mansion … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, List, Writing
Tagged A Yorkshireman in Ohio, charm bracelet, Craig Hallam, creativity, Cthulu, Doctor Who, Doncaster, Greaveburn, HG Welles, Hopeless Maine, Nimue Brown, Professor Elemental, Rewind, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Jones and the Geek Interventionist, Steampunk, Tom Brown, War of the Worlds, When Stoats Go Wrong, writing
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Like the Green Bay Tree
“It is good, and not evil, which flourishes like the green bay tree.” – Unknown This is about the town of Doncaster, some overdue apologies, and a good man named Colin, who died last week. About the right to mourn, … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Cancer, mental health, Nostalgia, Writing
Tagged bereavement, bipolar, breast cancer, Colin Joy, creativity, Doncaster, grief, history, Kate Bush, local history, Peter Gabriel, writing
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Never Wait for Approval …
… because that f*cker ain’t ever going to come. Warnings for: swearing, whinging, self pity, & a near death experience I had planned to write about yesterday, when two cars nearly hit me on a crossing near our home. Whilst … Continue reading
Posted in Art, mental health, Writing
Tagged Airy Fairy, approval, art, creativity, cyclists, drivers, family, mortality, pedestrians, safety, self improvement, surgery, Travelling Wilburys, writing
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