May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
More on what I shared yesterday – re: Summer Punch and taking the first steps into truly creative writing. The following was written out in my writer’s notebook on Sunday… I have nothing to prove to anybody but myself. The learning is the most important aspect of my study. The acquisition of knowledge. The reflection…
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Yes! I am going to talk about study on my ‘Simple Minds’ blog – sorry. Take no notice of it if it doesn’t appeal. There will be more on this to come tomorrow and you can ignore that too, if you so wish – but in between running this blog and being ‘obsessed’ with all…
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I haven’t shared very much about the tour here in all honesty. Unlike with previous tours where I felt very much a part of things most of the time, with the Acoustic Tour and then – with a sticky moment in between – the Walk Between Worlds tour, I was in “the heart of the…
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I started talking about my plans to enrol in the OU and going through the application process, etc, here – my “Simple Minds” blog…as if would be of interest to anyone. I’ve also been talking about the study I’ve been doing through the weeks and the disappointment I felt with my first assignment result. As…
I want to believe I have SOME ability or aptitude for SOMETHING. I think I take a knock to any minor degree of confidence I have in myself SSSOOO hard that I end up giving up. I have GOT TO STOP this from happening! I really do think it is why I “fell” so hard…
As it currently stands… The view from The Bridge…
Somebody on one of the SM groups asked what song is one you think is superior live to the studio recording – or something like that… I generally love both versions of the majority of songs, but for quite some time now – and I have to prefix this by saying that there is NOTHING…
Mondays to me now are very much study days. And as I settle into a rhythm and routine pattern of study, Monday is the “get back to it!” day. Saturdays are technically the start of a new study week and I am trying to keep ahead of time and not allow myself to fall behind…
I wish I could have finished my post from yesterday before the announcement of European mainland tour reschedules as I truly lost my train of thought as soon as I saw that. And my post was leading somewhere, even though it diverged off into one of my usual tangents. I wanted to share this picture….
This week has been an iffy week with study. But that’s nothing new. It seems to be a trend. My first week, the introductory week – I felt I had a handle on things. I knew my way around the OU site well enough, as I had been familiarising myself with it as much as…
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