Author: Paul Ariss
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All of us, myself included, to some level like to cultivate a musical identity that is eclectic, knowledgeable and a little edgy. Oh we’re in sync with what is happening right now. Too right we are. We may not like it, we may not get it, but we like people to know we are aware…
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I recently came across a blog I published on March 5th, 2014. It was my first blog and one of just three I published under the umbrella of ‘The Loneliness of The Long Distance Scriptwriter’. Within days of publishing the blog I began working for a charity for the next decade and gave up script-writing…
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I am currently sorting through a houseful of ‘stuff’ ahead of a potential move in the next couple of months. De-cluttering is the modern phrase for it. Throwing out crap is what some may prefer to call it. Fortunately I don’t have much crap, but certainly a lot of stuff that should have been thrown…
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There is a lady who walks the streets of my local area called Joanne. Joanne is a carer who works for a nearby caring agency and I first became aware of her when she used to call to my house to visit my father when I was juggling caring for him and working full-time. Joanne…
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I read somewhere recently that said attention span on social media is now down to a shocking 47 seconds per article or post. Ten years ago is was around two and a half minutes. And apparently, the average time spent reading blogs is 16 seconds. Which suggests that most people have given up on this…
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On December 14th 2020 I posted a blog – only my seventh blog at the time – ruminating that Jesus seems to have less and less exposure at Christmas. It was in large part inspired by a bulletin I wrote for a charity one mid-summer informing all their shops that Christmas cards were being distributed…
SONGS AND SCRIPTS AND DUNKING BISCUITS 