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Having been in education for over 20 years, before finally seeing the light and leaving, I spent a good deal of my time writing academically. However, I also always had a real interest, a drive, to write just for me.

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Sports & Recreation > Sports & Recreation (Other) A guide to cricket terms and expressions: 1 of 11
Would you rather face a Chinaman than a Yorker? Is it better to have a square leg or a fine leg? Could you spot a Bouncer better than a Googly? And, finally, would you mind being a Silly Mid Off or would you prefer to be a Slip?Tricky questions, all, I think you'll agree. But wait a moment! Do I detect some head scratching? ... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Intelligence vs. intuition: 1 of 9
Intelligence and intuition are both aspects of what it is to be human. Intelligence has more ways of being tested than intuition does, and it is, perhaps, that very vagueness which gives intuition a more secretive, spiritual aspect, as though it is something more precious, of greater worth.Yet, despite the battery of intellig... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Ethnicity & Gender (Other) Equal rights in today's society: 1 of 8
The desire for equal rights in today's society sounds noble and wonderful and something which we should all strive for, doesn't it? But, just because something sounds great, doesn't mean that it is achievable. It also doesn't mean that it even can be achievable.Throughout history there have been revolts, documents and laws al... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing Process (Other) Creativity: The writer as an artist: 1 of 7
Art is formed from the interaction between the artist and the environment, whether that environment is inside the artist or in the world outside. An artist, a true artist, is able to share that vision, that interaction with the world. And what wonders they can share! Michelangelo, Picasso, Shakespeare, Beethoven, and any one ... More..
Health & Fitness > Healthy Living & Wellness The benefits of trusting your intuition: 1 of 6
Perhaps it would be easier to ask what are the benefits, if any, of not trusting your intuition? The answer to that is simple. There are none. But there is one benefit, bigger than any other, for trusting it.Intuition exists. Take, for example, Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller, 'Blink'. In the opening chapter he tells the tale o... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Meditation & Prayer Practice of Zen: Relevance to work: 1 of 6
Zen is associated with meditation, awareness, simplicity and calmness; aspects which appear to be the very antithesis of work. Work, especially to the western mind, implies action, involvement, juggling many different things at once, and, above all, being busy! How can such two seemingly opposite states of being complement ea... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Astrology & Prophecy Premonitions: Fact or fiction?: 2 of 11
The ability to sense the future in some fashion has always been part of being human. For some, it comes in the form of premonitions. These premonitions, in turn, can have various forms. They can range from the very vaguest of feelings to the strongest of suspicions, as we'll see.Of course, the easy thing to do is to dismiss a... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Respecting the dead: 1 of 5
Respecting the dead is not quite as simple and obvious as it might first appear. To respect the dead, it would seem to be necessary to have respect for them when they were alive. The mere fact of death shouldn't automatically imply respect. If that were so, then Hitler, Stalin and Pol Pot deserve respect because they are no l... More..
Arts & Humanities > Middle Ages Peasant life in the Middle Ages: 5 of 16
If ever there was a period when the phrase, 'poor, nasty, brutish and short' was applicable, then it was to the life of peasants in the Middle Ages.Peasants were at the bottom of the social and economic ladder. They usually held their land in return for fealty to their lord. The lord might or might not have been absent for mo... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: In memory of mother: 6 of 19
AutumnYou could see the wind's shape as the leaves spunround and danced to heaps. They were for me,to crash into their dry goldand veined amber. I wanted to seethe monster hiding inside, watch it runto the next pile. And all the time I kicked and laughed I'd holdmy mother's hand. She'd warn me that my shoeswould be filthy if ... More..