Indie ’til I die…
I suspect if you opened my veins my blood would be navy blue with white polka dots. Why? Well, once an Indie Chick, always an indie pop fan. A love…
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Inspirational writers
I’ve been blessed this past week with inspiration from other writers. Last Thursday I watched and listened to Rowan McCabe perform at The Stanza in North Shields. Five years ago…
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Get Teenage Kicks this Saturday
Before poetry there was music. I started writing poetry over 30 years ago but I’ve loved music since childhood. I remember lying in bed aged four and conducting an imaginary…
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Community Cake
What links a delicious homemade carrot cake, a jam-packed Jam Jar and a well-attended library event? The short answer is: “community” but let me explain…. In the past week I’ve…
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Sunday Sojourn – Burford Church
I’m reblogging Jennifer C Wilson’s blog today. Read on…
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Remembering friends
Poetry with Friends is a poetry appreciation group with a difference. I think the difference is our merry band of North East England coast-dwelling souls care about other group members….
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The Next Page’s next twelve months
Looking forward to running the inaugural North Tyneside Writers’ Circle this Saturday. Read about it here…
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Kisses from Above
This coming Sunday I will participate in the launch of Kisses from Above, a collection of poems and stories by John Gardham Lowe. I’m proud of my involvement in this…
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Vote now for art
If you live in the North East of England and love the arts then you need to nominate artists and events in The Journal Culture Awards. Northern artists need to…
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Panto Season
I went to see a pantomine last night. Oh no I didn’t…oh yes I did! It was the first one I’d seen in almost 40 years. When my creative partner…