Tag Archives: microblogging

October Holiday: 1

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A half term is a short and easy to manage challenge, 7 posts in 7 days. It is a challenge I shall relish. With the boat due in the water Monday , there maybe an overtly nautical/maritime theme. Only time will tell…

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Earworm Wars …

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It’s the battle of the sound bites and I have 3 worms battling for the number 1 spot. Earworm 1 Les Mis: “To love another person is to see the face of God” Earworm 2 Mama Mia: “A football fan, a family man, and your name is Harry” Earworm 3 War of the Worlds: “Life […]

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Holiday: 21 & 22 update

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The internet is now working. This does not make any sense at all. I feel it maybe time to sacrifice a coffee to the gods! Or, on second thoughts, drink said coffee myself

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Jul 22

Holiday: 1

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The 6 weeks is upon us … and yet again I have a simple set of goals by which to mark its arrival. Being that micro posts is one of them, I thought I’d share said goals. So here goes: 1) post a micro post a day  2) finish posting pics of the blue plaques […]

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Apr 17

Waving NOT Drowning

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For the last few months, I’ve been drowning in a sea of not achieving. I am not going to call this the “Block” word. Because I don’t think, in my heart of heart it is. Let me explain. To me “block” means:  Day after day of a blank page Characters refusing to talk to you […]

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Feb 15

February Blogging Challenge: Modern Fairy Tales

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This month’s challenge stumped me. I’m not one for fairy tales. Indeed when it comes to the faerie folk, I’m with Captain Hook. They’re not all nice and fluffy. Some of them are downright evil. So I put my thinking cap on and remembered a challenge I’d set a group of kids years ago. Re […]

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Jul 24

Langley Bradley – clockmaker

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Langley Bradley was a clockmaker born in 1663. At the age of 23 he was apprenticed to Joseph Wise, and after being freed in 1694, he worked in Fenchurch Street at the Minute Dial. In 1720 he was appointed Assistant of the Clockmakers company and was master in1726. From 1748 he was working as a […]

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