The Western Gate

Toing and Froing, Up 'n' Down in the Earth


Writing prompt 5th oct 23 (Life Without Computer ?)

Daily writing prompt
Your life without a computer: what does it look like?

It looks human!
I can make music by recording onto my old 4 track recorder, stuck in the loft, though to be fair I’d probably need a 16 track now.
I tried the kindle and hated it, I love books.
My music is vinyl, I’ve never had friends around to browse through my mp3 folders on computer.
I can paint on canvas, and carry on drawing and writing in my journals.
At work, the iPads we use won’t work… people will have to talk to each other!
The self service tills in shops will break, we’ll see people again, talk.
Theres no Facebook, no Instagram, no TikTok, we’ll talk again, we’ll meet in cafes and clubs and art galleries and museums.
Life without computer looks like Life.



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Wot’s this all about then Guv’nor ?;-
The Random musings of a nobody. “Dagenham Dave”, is slang for someone one stop short of Barking (mad), though more contemporarily refers to any wayfaring and carefree person. Dagenham is a town to the eastern side of London (Luds Dominium) that was first recorded in a Barking charter in 666a.d. as the town of Daeccanham. Daecca is an ancient man’s name meaning ‘bright’ or ‘famous’ . Ham is short for Hamlet.
Dave is short for David, Hebrew for ‘Beloved’, My Surname ‘Wenborn’ derives from old English meaning of the Winding Stream.

Contents:-
1/ Book Reviews.

They’re not reviews as such- to recommend or asway, I neither seek to promote nor condemn, more my personal reflections on the books I read. In that respect it’s a subjective thing.
2/ Short Stories and Tales

Short stories borne from imagination, dreams, thoughts and wanderings. Too large to be written in my journal of shadows.
3/ Full Books
Books that were once published elsewhere, I have full copyright on these, and of course given here freely.
4/ Magazines and Articles

Small snippets and articles that may or may not have appeared elsewhere, and information not included in Journal of shadows.
5/ Poetry

A small selection of poetry. Like song, I create as a means to an artistic diary.
6/ WordPress Challenges

Wordpress (where this website is hosted) offer up a daily prompt for people to answer, sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t.



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