A Really Useful Little Letter
To all, To be read andante or you might miss what I hope are occasional flashes of humour. Hope this will amuse some of you. And with your imagination and…
Literary Arts are those, which involve words and a reader, for example, books and poetry. There are many types of book, for example, novel, biography, short stories etc. There are also many types of poetry, for example, narrative, epic, romantic etc.
‘Self-portrait’ a poem by John Christopher Wade
Self-portrait_____________________________________ In London are found, the vistas, vales and ponds of Hampstead Heath, And Kenwood House, upon a time a noble-man, to the nation bequeath, Our happiness often made a…
‘Life at GW’ by Cousin P
Cousin P and I have little or nothing in common except some early shared family experiences and and our tertiary education. The former consisted of very jolly Xmas and family…
Dialogue of the Death?
DIALOGUE OF THE DEATH? SP and MH have known each other on and off since the early ‘70s, when both were researchers in C. Their relationship has many aspects –…
Computer Support for Book Writing
Computer Support for the Literary Art of Writing Introduction Software developers and service providers never stop telling us how well we are served by the most recent applications. Such claims…
See You up the Road M.!
M. was a very good cyclist and a keen long-term member of the 40+ Club, with which he rode regularly once or twice a week. He was overqualified with…
Darling Baby Mine – Review Dialogue
'Darling Baby Mine' by John de St Jorre (Quartet Books Limited - 2016) - a book review e-mail exchange between reader and author. Reader: There can be no doubting the…
Nursery Rhymes for Getting a New Life
Old Life: Amfie Pamfie, Puddin' and Pie, Kissed the boys and made them cry, When the girls came out to play, Amfie Pamfie ran away. Old Life Good: Amfie Pamfie…
Humiliation
We can all write and do so – letters, e-mails, birthday cards, to-do lists etc. Our letters contain stories – what happened, when we were on holiday or went to…
DrDD’s Life Does Not mean a Thing!
I have known DrDD for 50 years or so, on and off. We met, when we were doing our PhDs. We are both straight talkers and can take a punch.…
‘Shipwreck’ by John Christopher Wade
Religion usually involves a culture and specific behaviours and practices. It also may encompass morals, texts, worldviews etc, as they relate to supernatural/spiritual aspects of a religion. There are many religions.…