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Seriousness

By Trev February 13, 2017 10 Comments 2 min read

Seriousness Todays Daily Prompt is Seriousness! In all seriousness I try never to be serious although there are times when I have ...

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Criticise

By Trev February 9, 2017 8 Comments 2 min read

Criticise Well now. It's long overdue that I write one of these blogs, so I'm coming back with the daily prompt Criticise. ...

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Weight(less)

By Trev January 8, 2016 11 Comments 1 min read

Weight(less) or the effect of gravity is this weeks Daily Post Prompt. It's something that we all take for granted, ...

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Strike A Chord

By Trev December 6, 2015 9 Comments 2 min read

Strike a chord, I'm showing my Grandson the basics of playing guitar, although he's struggling with such small fingers, he ...

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A Frustrated Singer

By Trev December 1, 2015 2 Comments 2 min read

In response to the Daily Post prompt, Ballerina Fireman Astronaut Movie Star, this is my story of being a frustrated singer. ...

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Transition

By Trev November 27, 2015 6 Comments 1 min read

Transition is all about change. What more can I say? We all change as we grow, not only physically but ...

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The Luckiest People

By Trev November 27, 2015 4 Comments 2 min read

The Luckiest People I don't encounter many people on a daily basis now. In fact, I don't really encounter anyone but ...

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I Can’t Stay Mad At You

By Trev November 25, 2015 2 Comments 3 min read

I'm going back a long way now, probably to the 1970's. It was a time when people were having their ...

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Mish Mash For Dinner

By Trev November 24, 2015 2 Comments 3 min read

Mish Mash For Dinner is my idea of a fun dinner party based on the Seat Guru brief at the ...

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The Great Pretender

By Trev November 17, 2015 0 Comments 2 min read

The Great Pretender, yes it's a song that Freddie Mercury had a hit with many moons ago and is the ...

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Benchman: My Alter Ego

You’re Never Alone With A Tree
Some trees have been here for hundreds of years. They never complain, they just tree. If only they could talk. The things they must have seen, the changes, hundreds of years through snow, rain and sunshine. When you sit in the company of a tree, you will never be alone. If you listen carefully, you […]
Another Time Another Bench
Benchman went to see Another Time which is one of the pieces by sculpture artist Anthony Gormley. There are a few of these statues situated at various locations across the U.K. This particular statue is on the beach at the seaside town of Margate in Kent. The complete set of works are titled ‘Another Place’ […]
A Room Full Of Books
Being in a room full of books is like being in a room with all of your friends. Each one is a conversation, full of memories or imaginations, telling stories to keep us enthralled. Other books are full of knowledge, how to bake a cake or make a cupboard. Some are colourful with pictures and […]

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Desperate Measures March 21, 2020
Desperate Measures It’s not the great beer that draws us all here, It’s not classy wine that tastes so damn... The post Desperate Measures first appeared on Gloria Smud.
The Best Apple December 17, 2019
The Best Apple An apple hung upon a tree, It stood out from the rest. Ruby red, sun ripened skin... The post The Best Apple first appeared on Gloria Smud.
It’s Only A Song October 3, 2019
It’s Only A Song “It’s only a song….” Only a song? Goodness me, no! You’ve got it all wrong! It’s... The post It’s Only A Song first appeared on Gloria Smud.