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It's A Family Affair
Introduction Although with the title we should include the Sly and The Family Stone song and given the same of the band I have just realised that it is a perfect qualification for this playlist and that has just reminded me of a few bands that are made up of family members. The initial idea was to have a parent who made a record and was then eventually followed by their child into making music.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Beat
Northern Slice At The Bike Garden
Introduction I am not sure how to write about this wonderful place, that I visited properly for the first time today. This is where they are on Facebook and was on my way to a delayed Father's Day lunch with Kirsty, Mark, Alexis and Fiona at Brunch 23 which you can read about below.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Wander
Circe Invidiosa
Introduction. The image is of Circe, a figure from Greek mythology, who appears in Homer's Odyssey. This painting shows a scene not from the Odyssey, but from Ovid's Metamorphoses. A jealous Circe throws a magic potion into the well, where her rival in love Scylla is going to bathe.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Art
How Micro Can A Microfiction Be?
Introduction Is it writing or is it creating? Is it both or is it neither? I think it is both. I have expressed slight dismay at the short from constructs in fiction and poetry, and I thought I could get away with writing less than six hundred words in this piece but I would have to submit it under fiction, but this is opinion not fiction.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Journal
One Day Like This
Introduction I have been waiting for a very long time to use "One Day Like This" in a poem and now that day has come. Today on Facebook my friend Karen included me in a list of dates to plan. I shared it and almost all the people who came up for me were Vocal friends. Here is a screenshot. Cathy Holmes and Heather Hubler suggested I write a story for Breakfast with Cathy and Coffee with Heather.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Poets
Goodbye Richard
Introduction You can never trust a politician. Some you can trust less than others. This is from a time when big money didn't own politicians as much. This is a work of fiction. It is inspired by a painting by Guy Peellaert from his book "20th Century Dreams" where Nixon is abandoned by the guardian angel he thought he had.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Art
- Top Story - June 2023
How Vocal Has Changed My LifeTop Story - June 2023
Introduction Yesterday it was raining hard and I was working from home. By about four o'clock I was feeling like I had been beaten with iron bars, every bone was aching. Unusually, I never left the house until I went out for a takeaway pizza after work.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Confessions
How The Pirates Of The Caribbean Really Happened
Introduction The film "Pirates of the Caribbean" was directed and produced by Gore Verbinski and starred Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow (the look influenced by Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones). I love the film and the "Rogues Gallery" albums that the two came up with as an accompaniment to the films.
By Mike Singleton - Mikeydred10 months ago in Art