Stuart Aken's Blog, page 53
December 2, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 02/Dec/21
Back to just pictures. Uncaptioned, these will show the natural beauty of our world or artworks that display some beauty of their own. There’s a small selection of my pictures in the GALLERY. If you want pictures to decorate your home, or as images for jigsaws, calendars, greetings cards, or anything else, there’s a growing …
Published on December 02, 2021 07:00
December 1, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay: 01/Dec/21
The ‘writing prompts’ didn’t do what I’d hoped, so I’m back to just pictures. Uncaptioned, these will show the natural beauty of our world or artworks that display some beauty of their own. There’s a small selection of my pictures in the GALLERY. If you want pictures to decorate your home, or as images for …
Published on December 01, 2021 07:00
Looking For an Absorbing #Read?
You want adventure, peril, romance, conflict, survival, love, threat, humour, hate, teamwork, isolation and hope of rescue? You’ll find all that, and more, in ‘An Excess Of…’ where three discordant men and three very different women find themselves stranded on a desert island after their ship sinks. Will they survive? Will they ever return to …
Published on December 01, 2021 04:04
November 30, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 30/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
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Published on November 30, 2021 07:00
November 29, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 29/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
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Published on November 29, 2021 07:00
November 28, 2021
Parky, by Michael Parkinson: #BookReview.
400 pagesTelevision/Performer Biographies Subtitled ‘My Autobiography’, this illustrated account of the life of the TV journalist, Radio and TV presenter, and occasional Quizmaster, reads as though the man is speaking to you. A Yorkshireman (my own home county) through and through, Parky relates his life through events, family, the multitude of personalities he’s met and …
Published on November 28, 2021 10:20
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 28/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
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Published on November 28, 2021 07:00
November 27, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 27/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
Continue reading #PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 27/Nov/21
Published on November 27, 2021 07:00
November 26, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 26/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, not always helpful, is here. Using the prompt? Post a link to …
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Published on November 26, 2021 07:00
November 25, 2021
#PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 25/Nov/21
Pictures to inspire words and images. Perhaps a poem, painting, story, play, novel, drawing, memoire, essay, sculpture, or a new photograph? Up to you. Or just enjoy the pictures. My images are untitled to avoid direction. But, if you want it, the title, probably unnecessary for this one, is here. Using the prompt? Post a …
Continue reading #PictureOfTheDay and #writingprompt: 25/Nov/21
Published on November 25, 2021 07:01


