A Work In Progress
The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. The trees are changing and there’s an autumnal feel to the air… Halloween is here again. Just a brief post this year, before I go back to wrangling football predictions and some new Christmas bits for you all (!!), but while doing some research, … Continue reading Halloween Special: When is a ghost not a ghost?
Today, we have the opportunity to start the process of reshaping and recreating our country for the better after fourteen years of destructive Tory rule. It’s down to us to vote them out and begin to make this country a place that is for all of us, whoever we are, not just for the self-professed … Continue reading Election Fever…
Time to get your prettiest black frock on and dig the fancy bone china out from the back of the kitchen cupboard – it’s Halloween and the friendly skeletons from the cemetery down the road are coming over for tea and a little waltz around the drawing room. They may be less skin and more … Continue reading Vintage Halloween: The Skeletons’ Tea Dance
With apologies to the legendary De La Soul…
I am an unrepentant bookworm and have been since childhood. I learned to read early, and there is a family story of how my mum signed me up to the local library very young because of this. Then my little sister came along, and she, too, was immediately signed up to the library, mainly so … Continue reading Summer Reading: June-September 2022
It’s Halloween! And here is a spooky seasonal playlist courtesy of my friend Jim (yes, that’s Jim the Official Another Kind Of Mind Magpie Namer!). His radio show, the Friday Night Music Party, is unmissable listening for anyone who loves music of the obscure and unusual type… If you want to hear more, you can … Continue reading The Friday Night (Halloween) Music Party…
It’s too hot. And it’s only going to get hotter over the next few days, much to my disgust. I don’t function at all well in the heat. I’m too pale and very freckly and I don’t tan (no, really). I suspect I may have been a vampire in a previous life – which would … Continue reading The Another Kind Of Mind Guide to Surviving a Heatwave
… as the saying goes! Busy catching up with all the Advent Calendar posts – I’ll be up to date before you know it…. Incidentally, you won’t catch me ice skating this Christmas (or at any time, really), especially not as athletically as this cheerful young lady (above). I’m not sure I could get my … Continue reading I’m getting my skates on…
Santa is a colourful chap, in all senses of that phrase. He’s a bit of a snappy dresser, not afraid to work vivid hues into his unique vintage look. He obviously values comfort and fashion – a cosy coat and hat are clearly essential workwear (it must be proper brass monkeys cold up in that … Continue reading Another Kind Of Mind Advent Calendar 2021: December 4th
I’ve written before about the lighting up of London’s major shopping thoroughfares for the festive season and how it brightens up the cold, dark winter days – but my previous posts have all been about the most famous of central London’s shopping thoroughfares, Oxford Street. It seemed only fair to let its near neighbour, Regent … Continue reading Another Kind Of Mind Advent Calendar 2021: December…
I’m terribly sorry, it’s a bit noisy in here, you’ll have to speak up….What was that? No, I SAID YOU’LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP, I can’t hear you over all the noise these darn kittens are making… So, yes, the Grumpy Victorian Kittens are back and they’re behind the second door of our Advent Calendar. … Continue reading Another Kind Of Mind Advent Calendar 2021: December 2nd
Last week saw the annual reappearance of Black Friday, which apparently means the Christmas shopping season is now officially underway. Black Friday started life as an American tradition in which stores and other businesses began their Christmas build-up with sales and special offers that kicked off on the day after Thanksgiving. There is some evidence … Continue reading Vintage Advertising:…
It’s nearly Christmas again! Before we get started on the festive fun for this year, I’d like to apologise for the mysterious disappearance of the Another Kind Of Advent Calendar in 2020 – the end of last year turned out to be one of those frustrating periods where real life and technical difficulties conspired with … Continue reading Another Kind Of Mind Advent Calendar 2021: December 1st
Families come in all shapes and sizes, some more… spooky… than others. The Addams Family are probably the spookiest and coolest of them all! We certainly all love Morticia, Gomez and Lurch in my somewhat gothy family. I hope you and your family are enjoying dressing up for Halloween and eating loads of sweets (save … Continue reading Happy Halloween!
Welcome to the Another Kind Of Advent Calendar! Every day until Christmas Eve, I’ll be posting a little something unexpectedly Christmassy for you in honour of the festive season. It’s been the weirdest year, so let’s have a bit of fun… Is it just me, or is this photograph decidedly creepy? All those dolls… The … Continue reading Another Kind Of Advent Calendar 2020: December 5th
Welcome to the Another Kind Of Advent Calendar! Every day until Christmas Eve, I’ll be posting a little something unexpectedly Christmassy for you in honour of the festive season. It’s been the weirdest year, so let’s have a bit of fun… So, do aliens believe in Santa Claus? Do little green men hang their little … Continue reading Another Kind Of Advent Calendar 2020: December 4th
Welcome to the Another Kind Of Advent Calendar! Every day until Christmas Eve, I’ll be posting a little something unexpectedly Christmassy for you in honour of the festive season. It’s been the weirdest year, so let’s have a bit of fun… Meet Jimmy the Raven. He’s a handsome chap, isn’t he? Now, I know what … Continue reading Another Kind Of Advent Calendar 2020: December 3rd
Welcome to the Another Kind Of Advent Calendar! Every day until Christmas Eve, I’ll be posting a little something unexpectedly Christmassy for you in honour of the festive season. It’s been the weirdest year, so let’s have a bit of fun… After yesterday’s aquatic Christmas tree, hiding behind the second door of the Another Kind … Continue reading Another Kind Of Advent Calendar 2020: December 2nd
Welcome to the Another Kind Of Advent Calendar! Every day for the next twenty four days, I’ll be posting a little something unexpectedly Christmassy for you in honour of the festive season. It’s been the weirdest year, so let’s have a bit of fun… Behind the first door of our 2020 Advent Calendar is a … Continue reading Another Kind Of Advent Calendar 2020: December 1st
It’s become a bit of a tradition for me to start December on Another Kind Of Mind by reminding you all to post early for Christmas – and this year, it’s not just me (or Ensign Corkern) who is suggesting this! With so many of us unable to gather together this Christmas due to COVID … Continue reading Post Early For Christmas: Lockdown Edition