a new tool to make PowerPoint useful again Photo by Nghia Nguyen on Unsplash Do you remember PowerPoint? Do you still use it? I feel sure that many presenters and public speakers have long dismissed Powerpoint, probably feeling that it is both overused and regularly misused. Well, guess what? It is possibly time to get out PowerPoint once…… Continue reading Introducing Presenter Coach
One of the Nice Things
One of the nice things about a Toastmasters meeting is that everything gets evaluated. That may seem like a strange phrase to say or but it is true. When I say ‘it is true’, I do not mean that it is true that everything gets evaluated, I mean that it is a nice thing. At…… Continue reading One of the Nice Things
Finding a Place Alone in a Busy World
It struck me the other day that many of my photos seem to emphasise places to be alone in a busy urban environment. I’m not talking about loneliness but more solitude or somewhere for yourself. A place to be yourself, do or think what you want; a place for yourself rather than shared, or invaded, by…… Continue reading Finding a Place Alone in a Busy World
Love in a City (a poem)
You may recall that I recently explored my attic and found a folder full of poetry from my teenage years. Here is another of those poems. Once more it is a ‘dark’ image; as so many of them seem to be. Again, it is crap but it is my crap. Love in a CityThe silver…… Continue reading Love in a City (a poem)
Snowflakes Fall (a poem)
What a delight it has been for me, if not for you, to have found many of my old poems. The other day, I climbed up into the attic in search of some poems I wrote when I was still a schoolboy. I was not certain that I still had them but I thought I…… Continue reading Snowflakes Fall (a poem)
Gloucester Poetry Festival – the epilogue
Last night I went down to the Fountain Inn in Gloucester, this is a great little pub near the city centre. Normally, I would not write about going to a pub but on this occasion, I was attending the final event of the month-long Gloucester Poetry Festival. I have attended a few of the events…… Continue reading Gloucester Poetry Festival – the epilogue
October’s Story Telling at Joe’s Yarns
Joe’s Yarns. The scene is set for Life Story telling at Smokey Joe’s Cafe in Cheltenham. The last Wednesday of each month is when we hold a storytelling event at Smokey Joe’s Café in Cheltenham. This event has been regularly running for over three years and still goes strong. Unlike many other storytelling events, it…… Continue reading October’s Story Telling at Joe’s Yarns
The Poetry Workshop
The other morning I went along to a poetry workshop, it was the first I had ever attended. Being my first, I was unsure what to expect. This is what happened. … We met in the cafe of an old theatre. There were seven of us in all; four I had met before, two new…… Continue reading The Poetry Workshop
I Once Wrote Some Poems part 2
I handed my poetry to my English teacher… It was two weeks before I got it back. I had expected red marks and comments on each poem, I had expected some grade, some pointers, some advice. Instead, all I got was; “Thank you for letting me read your work.” I’m not sure if that was…… Continue reading I Once Wrote Some Poems part 2
I Once Wrote Some Poems then Suddenly Stopped
When I was younger, I wrote some poems, received praise and had them published. Then I suddenly stopped. This is the story … I blame my English teacher at school. He was responsible for starting this all off. When I was fifteen or sixteen and still at school, our English teacher gave the class a…… Continue reading I Once Wrote Some Poems then Suddenly Stopped
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