I can’t believe it is already the end of the first week of the Easter Holidays. I’m feeling much better than I was feeling last Sunday which is a relief. The last week has been a busy one, leaving me…
Sunday Poem – Mona Arshi
It feels strange to be back blogging again after my slightly unplanned month off. True to form, I have left it until the last minute, and I doubt very much whether this will be up before midnight, as it is…
Poetry makes nothing happen
It has been a whole month since the last time I wrote on here – this is the longest time I’ve gone without blogging since I started. I didn’t plan to take a break, although at first it seemed necessary.…
Sunday Poem – Mark Carson
Sunday Poem by Mark Carson, plus a run-down of my writing, running and trumpet playing week.
Sunday Poem – Josephine Dickinson
Afternoon all – today I’m writing this blog from the Animal Concern West Cumbria branch which is also my twin sister’s house. She is the Site Manager for the Egremont branch of Animal Concern. She lives on site in a…
Fourth Tutor Announced for Poetry Workshop Carousel
I’m really excited to be able to announce that the fourth tutor for the Poetry Workshop Carousel, taking place from the 11th-13th December 2015 at Abbot Hall Hotel, Grange Over Sands will be the fantastic Amanda Dalton. I first met…
Poetry Workshop Carousel – New Residential Poetry Course, 11th-13th December
The new dates for the Poetry Workshop Carousel are the 11th-13th December 2015. Tutors confirmed so far are myself, Andrew Forster and Ian Duhig. I will hopefully be able to confirm the fourth tutor in the next couple of days or so, and it will be someone as equally fabulous as Rebecca, but fabulous in a different way.
Sunday Poem – David Tait
I never know how to start these blog posts, not because I don’t know what to say, but I often don’t know where to begin. Should I start with what is freshest in my mind, which is what’s happened today,…
Sunday Poem – Terry Quinn
Today I’m writing this with pleasantly aching legs and shoulders after completing a 13 kilometre run in the sunshine with the husband and my two long-suffering dogs, Miles and Lola. Chris and I are planning to run the first Hoad…
Sunday Poem – Greg White
Evening all – this week has been another busy week (is there any other kind?) It feels like I’ve been in non-stop rehearsals. On Monday I had junior band rehearsal as usual and then Wednesday I had a rehearsal with…