Tuesday was a brilliant, blue-sky day; I walked the dog in warm sunshine on Crickley Hill almost deafened by birdsong, with the Romantic poets reeling through my mind. But that hint of spring seems to have been more than a little premature and this morning's walk was back in more usual garb - thermals, scarf and fleece! At least it's lighter in the mornings and for longer in the afternoons, though, and the snowdrops and crocuses are much in evidence, so it can't be that much longer ...
And there have been some stimulating events this week to move the mind on too. Under the auspices of Cheltenham Poetry Society, Sharon Larkin is running a twelve month "Kickstart" poetry course, based on Jo Bell's book "52. Write A Poem A Week. Start Now. Keep Going" (Nine Arches Press). Tuesday evening saw thirteen of us at this month's workshop, reading a wide variety of work based on the prompts from the early chapters - an interesting session. Then last night Smokey Joes coffee bar hosted "Flashers Club", the quarterly event recently begun by Alex Clark for writers of flash fiction. Headlined by Tyler Keevil who runs the undergraduate creative writing programme at the University of Gloucestershire, eight other contributions came from debut as well as seasoned "flashers". Photos and brief biographies of the participants will be on the club blog if you're interested - www.flashersclub.wordpress.com
An advance invitation - if you're free at 7.30pm on Friday February 24th, do join us at New Bohemians at deepspace arts centre, Hamilton Street, Charlton Kings. A few days before St. David's Day, the evening will celebrate "Voices From Wales" with Sharon Larkin, Vicki Hampton, Adam Magee and Aled Thomas. I shall be opening the second half of the evening for the open mic session. Tickets are £6.50 on the door and include interval refreshments (Welsh themed of course!). Do hope to see you there.
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