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Just a few short, but pithy, items…

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: nenuphar, succade, infaust, commensurableness, wampee, and portlast. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Extra marks will be … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4856…

Posted on June 9, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: rhapsodic red, symphonic silver, baritone brown, coloratura crimson, fugue fawn, leitmotif lime, glissando green, and oratorio orange.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey up! Dear worldwide reader!Here is another of my mail art postcards, it is a … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4862…

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s weather will feature: blustery gusts, tall trees bending over a bit, leaves flickering and showing their pale undersides, cans clanking down pavements into gutters, white oblong virus masks caught in privet hedges, TV aerials quivering on … Continue reading →

Posted in academia, adjectives, animals, art, arts, brain, colours, composition, conversation, cool, creation, design, dreaming, humour, information, learning, Mail Art, observations, postcards, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, smiling, style, surrealism, sweating, thinking | Tagged art, arts, black eyes, bright card, cheap magazines, collage, conversation, cure dog, dog, eyes, fluorescent card, hair, incubus, lips, madness, mail art postcards, mouth, night visitor, nightmare, old man hair, random juxtaposition, scary, serendipity, sitting on your chest, style, succubus, surrealism, unkempt, unsettling | 1 Comment

Mail Art Postcard. No. 4882…

Posted on September 7, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s lost plectrum is the one which was eventually found at the bottom of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s sock drawer, along with a well-thumbed copy of Death Metal for All (Easy Chords).>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you have issues with … Continue reading →

Posted in abstract, academia, art, arts, books, brain, colours, composition, cool, creation, dreaming, food, humour, instruction, mind, postcards, puzzle, seeing, smiling, style, surrealism | Tagged appearance, Archbishop of Canterbury, bedside table, cheapskate, collage, death metal chords, dining table, full lips, halfway up the stairs, humour, lips, lost plectrum, madness, mail art postcards, mouths, people next door, pouting, red lips, sock drawer, surrealism, trashy magazine, visiting mouths | 3 Comments

Mail Art Postcard. No. 4747…

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s Victorian expletive is Cobblers!…Meaning: a load of nonsense. From Cockney rhyming slang – ‘cobbler’s awls’ – rhyming with ‘balls’.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Another of my mail art postcards – a simple collage on bright bright card using a couple … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4653…

Posted on October 31, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s mongoose is the one leaning on the lamppost outside the newsagents frantically rubbing away at a scratch card.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about another of my Mail Art postcards? Just a simple collage on bright card using clippings from … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, art, arts, brain, colours, composition, conversation, cool, creation, drama, dreaming, existentialism, humour, information, Mail Art, postcards, puzzle, seeing, serendipity, sex, smiling, surrealism, TV | Tagged art postcards, Charlton Heston, collage, conversation, darling, fluorescent card, green, lips, mail art postcards, Postcards, potting., pouty lips, red lips, silliness, sofa, surrealism, tawdry, the lounge, TV listings | 2 Comments

Just a few short but pithy items…

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s aspidistra is the one that does plenty of deep thinking. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> These ‘short items’ pieces have thinned out quite a lot over the last few months of self-isolation, but I have managed to collect just … Continue reading →

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Mail art postcard. No. 4695…

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s confused film star is Gel Mibson. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, another of my mail art postcards – a simple collage on bright card using clippings from that awful British TV listings magazine What’s On TV. If I … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4655…

Posted on November 23, 2019 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK/Europe: today’s unusual china teapot is the one shaped like the planet Saturn. This teapot is not a very good pourer – those rings are awkward in the hand, and they get in the way at the … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard No. 4566…

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient Egyptian deity, appearing as a semi-mummified man with a skull-cap and was-djed-ankh sceptre, is the god Ptah from Memphis. His associations are creator and craftsmen. (Ptah) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey! Let’s have a postcard today! It … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4573…

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s wrinkled old black and white snapshot is the one of me and Orson Welles balancing pool cues on our chins outside a New York bar in 1948. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, good morning Sisters, now, first of … Continue reading →

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Mail Art Postcard No. 4569…

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to hold a ripe banana in each hand at arm’s length to left and right, look up to the sky but with eyes closed, wiggle your toes in your shoes, and hum the … Continue reading →

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Mind-control and emotion-sway…

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Dave Whatt

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s colours are: pink, maroon, pink, maroon, teal, maroon, pink, maroon, and pink. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Now then… that chap… who came to door the other day, what did he look like? I can’t recall his face at … Continue reading →

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