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Monthly Archives: May 2012
‘Bison mad!’
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s heraldic term is ‘mural coronet’ – a circlet of stone with battlements or columns. I had a door-to-door herald round yesterday trying to sell me one, but I couldn’t be persuaded. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘Ugg!… Ugg!…’ ‘Yes?’ … Continue reading
Posted in archeology, art, conversation, drawing, heraldry, history
Tagged art, arts administration, cave painting, conversation, curation, discovery, heraldry
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Simon in the evening…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s weather is rumbling like a baby elephant’s belly, but with splashes of iridescence streaking across the dusty Axminster. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More weather, but this time as a piece of prose scrawled in green ballpoint pen on … Continue reading
Posted in colours, green, observations, poetry, surrealism, Uncategorized, words, writing
Tagged art, colour, observations, surrealism, words, writing
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A giraffe with croutons…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s sounds are: the bees humming, the birds singing, the click of willow on leather and people screaming and dying in a distant country on the radio. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Veronica Crush, writer and poet from the glory … Continue reading
Posted in art, drama, sculpture, story, surrealism, writing
Tagged cream of mushroom, croutons, giraffe, madness, sculpture, surrealism, writing
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Short and daft items…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s joke is the one about the Queen dreaming about finding herself on a crowded bus with a fat old corgi and no money. Oh, how we laughed! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Excuses for being late. No.122. I’m sorry … Continue reading
Posted in Grumpiness, observations, people, Royalty, serendipity, words
Tagged H M Queen, joke, late, observations, overheard, saxophone cases, transportation, words
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Look out everyone, here come the giant beavers!
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s featured dance is ‘the moonwalk’. Come on Veronica, slide those feet. Mm, nice ankle movement there! Oh, how gracefully you float my dear! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, wonderful! Yes, this is another ‘Badger Book’, a British pulp … Continue reading
Posted in art, books, drawing, green, painting, surrealism, writing
Tagged Badger Books, british science fiction, Doom, fox mulder, painting, pulp science fiction, R. L. Fanthorpe, writing
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What the TV ads have been telling us…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s shopping list: broccoli, black wax, extra-strong white bread flour, 400 grit wet & dry paper, beetroot, white-board pens, tomatoes, 2 mouse traps, 2 wooden rolling pins, chicken tikka masala ready meal, pair of compasses, shampoo. … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, information, observations, surrealism, TV, words
Tagged advertising, ear wax problems, gum line, madness, mouse traps, poetry, style, surrealism, TV, words
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But where’s your research?…
But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s adjectives are: Parsimonious, Flaming, Chromed, and Buttered. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ‘So what we like to see is evidence of all the stages in the development of the ideas for your piece, your source material, your sketches, your … Continue reading
Posted in art, conversation, painting, school, sculpture
Tagged art, Art school, arts, conversation, painting, sculpture, shy side
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