At last. Snow came to Britain last week. It sounds great fun, ooohhh, but can be dangerous, aarrgghh. How can it be that something so small and fragile looking when in isolation, can cause so much chaos, havoc, and danger as well as arousing so many differing emotions. The difference between snow and theContinue reading “Aarghh/Oohh SNOW”
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Our Night pt2.
The next instalment of my novelle Our Night. The full book can be bought online at thebookdragon.co.uk Friday night was the big night for going out in our town back then. Usually for going out with friends: lads with lads, lasses with lasses. Rarely couples; that was what Saturday nights were for. The end ofContinue reading “Our Night pt2.”
After Christmas
After Christmas Lots of my friends tell me that January is the month of the year they least like. It always seems to them to be cold and dark with little to look forward to other than going back to work, especially after having had a Christmas and New Year holiday, full of funContinue reading “After Christmas”
Our night part 1.
Here is the opening to my first novello, entitled Our Night. It is the story of an elderly couple who look back to the night they might. My aim is to post the remainder of the story in instalments over the next weeks. Our Night Here I am, staring out of the kitchen window again.Continue reading “Our night part 1.”
Twixmas.
What is this strange sounding and looking word? Twixmas is the time between Christmas and the New Year, also known as the Festive gap. New year celebrations are not new; there has been some kind of new year celebration for around 4000 years. These celebrations were related to astronomical events. The Romans introducedContinue reading “Twixmas.”
Christmas.
As we know Christmas day is 25th December. But it is generally known that this wasn’t exactly the real day on which Jesus was born. Choosing the 25th of December allowed early Christians to put this celebration with existing pagan ones during the cold dark winter months. The early years of Christianity andContinue reading “Christmas.”
Christmas carols.
Christmas carols emerged and developed from the 4th century onwards. Particularly in the 14th century and into Victorian times. Christmas carols, or, more accurately, winter songs, have been around since the 4th century. Early Pagan festivals and rituals had songs and dances to help people get through the winter months. The first carols as weContinue reading “Christmas carols.”
Advent calendars
Advent calendars are given on 1st December, the start of advent. Some last for 24 days, until Christmas Eve, most have an extra gift for the 25th December, Christmas Day. These started in 19th-century German Lutheran homes as a method of counting down the days up to Christmas. It gradually developed into the printed, windowedContinue reading “Advent calendars”
Paying sports stars
Are sports stars paid fairly? Do they earn the money they are paid? Are they worth the money they get? What do they provide? Many will argue that sports stars provide entertainment. In a lot of instances they do, but is this subjective, dependant on the sport and the level at which it is played.Continue reading “Paying sports stars”
People
People. We are them, we live with them, we work with them, we make friends and lovers with them, they are unavoidable. They are also totally annoying, especially when they are outside, in shopping centres, bars, cafes or even just the park or seaside. Walking along the pavement, in the shopping centre or in theContinue reading “People”
Man on a bike. 