music
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”My name it means nothing, my age it means less, the country I come from is called the Mid West, I was born and brought up there the rules to abide, and that the land that I live in has God on its side” From the song “With God on Our Side” By Bob Dylan,… Read more
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Rambling warning!!! There are now very few shops that cater for my hobby of building model cars, but to open such a shop would be tantamount to suicide, there just isn’t enough demand, most people now are not not interested in practical skills, it’s all instant gratification, and virtual reality, so no it wouldn’t be… Read more
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Silence is Golden. Silence is golden, it allows my eyes to see, my hands to work and my soul to be. Meditation in art, to be in that place, where just one millimetre is a massive space. The whole world in the stroke of a file, hours slip by in such a short while. The… Read more
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I remember a while ago, well two whiles ago actually, because I heard it twice. A play on the radio, where a group of people including Bob Dylan’s manager were sat around a table in a restaurant. There was an empty seat and conjecture spread as to who was going to fill that empty seat.… Read more
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I like the challenge of this daily prompt, but I’ve struggled with this one, As most will have gathered I’m a Bob Dylan fan, I’m not sure what genre one would call it. “Rubish can’t sing” I hear some people shout. For me though it’s the words, the fact that the poetry comes with music… Read more
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What Makes a Teacher Great. One who has the skill to make a pupil feel small? One who recognises potential not at all? One who’s way to control his class is by shouting? The ability of each individual he’s doubting? That was my experience of school, When I left each day feeling nought but a… Read more
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My favourite food when I was a kid was brontosaurus burgers, you can’t get them now of course brontosaurus are extinct, as I will be soon. I remember also someone saying “Try Ceratops” but I didn’t like it. Talking of food, I have been compiling a list of food Bob Dylan my like. It has… Read more
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I lost my best mate November 2024, I miss him like hell, but my loss cannot compare with that of his family.. I wrote this piece for his wife and our group of friends, but back then I had no means of making my feelings known more widely. The part about telling him I loved… Read more
