Sandman’s Thursday Writing Challenge #3

Thursday is the Sandman’s Writing Challenge Day for the period in which the UK is in lockdown. Each Thursday I will set a prompt for you to work on. There are no style restrictions but if you are going for length I do suggest that you split it over a number of posts for ease …

A January Walk or Two

As is my usual pattern, I took my permitted exercise around 9pm last night and took little Missy Dog for her evening constitutional. I'd heard the rain on the window coming down heavy so I had wrapped up warm, but upon opening the door I learnt it was not rain falling. It wasn't overly dramatic …

Souper Man

Dr Tanya presents a seasonal culinary theme for this week's 5 Things. 5 Favourite Winter Soups What better winter warmer than a steaming hot bowl of soup? It fills you up and warms the cockles of your heart. This is indeed a fortunate prompt as Soup is one of my favourite foods, and had multiple …

Truthful Tuesday 19th January 2021

It's time for PCGuyIV's Truthful Tuesday once again. When you come across dead links, either in your existing posts or in comments on your blog, do you try to fix or delete them, or do you just let them be, and why? If I can fix them I do try to where possible, but to …

Sandman’s Horticultural Q and A

Just a small Q and A with a different theme. If you want to take part you can either answer in the comments, or create your own post and link back to this one with a pingback. The Questions Do you have any house plants? Are they located throughout the house or mostly in one …

Share Your World 18th Jan 2021

Why do we dream? Are we talking philosophically or in a more biological sense here? In a strictly biological sense I believe a popular theory is it our brains processing information and metaphorically uploading the results into our sub-conscious. Philosophically speaking I believe it is a motivational technique to have us push ourselves onward. https://youtu.be/mIkGIVmogpEDo …

Static

Hello faithful reader, I do hope you are well and have been busy- or at least as busy as the current circumstances allow anyway. It has all been a bit static and samey for me what with lockdown in full swing, but I guess it is the same for many more. I did toy with …

Sunday Silliness

Kudos to whoever did this Lockdown reimagining of a favourite board (should that be bored) game

Saturday Music

Here is a live cover of Fats Waller's "Handful of Keys" https://youtu.be/M5i_VkfCFnA

The Friday Four

Joining Rory aka A Man Called Bloke for the first time this year. Do you ever simply stop and wonder ‘Where has time gone to?’ or is it something that never bothers you? Not really, the opposite is true for me, but I have gone 'bloody hell is that the time'. https://youtu.be/i_ERPpbvAW8 If you had …