Embarrassing Moments

 

List of Angela Lansbury's Books with photos, ISBNs and websites

 

Angela Lansbury, author, in her black hat. 

My Latest Book, 2025:  Embarrassing Moments

See it and the blurb and buy it from Amazon.co.uk Amazon.com Lulu.com

Books listed alphabetically by Title

Angela's Alarming Animal Poems

Dating Online Did I really write that

Embarrassing Moments

Enquire Within Upon Travel & Holidays

Etiquette For Every Occasion

How to be a bridesmaid

How to be the best man

Improve Your English add alliteration assonance & rhyme

Jewish Travel Tales & Guidebook

Larry The Talking Labrador

My Secret Life Revealed

Poetry Workshop and Workbook

Seriously Funny Poems

Soup & Sympathy

The Tailor and The Spay

This is your life Pearl Sharot

Unforgettable British Weekends

Who Said What When

Wedding Planner

Wedding Speeches

Chapters in Anthologies

Addictions And Us complied by Carolyn Street chapter ...and poem

Grief And Us compiled by Carolyn Street chapter ...and poem

Writing And Us compiled by Carolyn Street chapter ...and poem

-ends

This is my book Who Said What When:

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Improve your English with alliteration

 Marvellous Monday, Terrific Tuesday, Wonderful Wednesday. ... Super Saturday. ... 

Improve your English

I am going to tell you how to enhance your English with alliteration, in speech titles, and speeches, book titles and business names, and use alliteration it to remember the names of people you meet.

One of my favourite book titles is: Feel The Fear But Do It Anyway. A perfect example of alliteration.

Maybe I should rename my book - Excellent English. Or, Enhance Your English.

Alphabetic Alliteration

What I have done in my book is work through the alphabet. After writing the book, I can now instantly come up with alliteration. If you read it you will probably find you can do the same.

I started with adjectives. Beautiful bedrooms. Crammed kitchens, kitchen cupboards filled with fancy forks and wonderful wastebins. 

Then I added days of the week. For example, Funny Friday. 

Then I added people's names, Angelic Angela.  And a few famous stars name such as Marilyn Monroe.

I found some book titles such as Famous Five by Enid Blyton. 

Famous and well known proverbs provided more examples. Look before you leap.

Poems with alliteration

I have been reciting nursery rhymes to my tiny toddler grandchild to encourage her to start speaking. I remember when I was at school how I was impressed by poems. I never thought that one day I would be able to write comic poems. Nowadays I produce poems daily on my blog, comical poems with Hazel Nutter. I aim for at least two rhymes in a verse. I like a minimum of three verses in a ballad or sonnet.

Alliteration For Speakers and Toastmasters (Masters of Ceremony, MC)

When I first joined Toastmasters I was impressed by the way the toastmasters of the day, or the president or the SAA opened the meeting with an alliterative greeting. I had passed O level English, and A level English, but I was nowhere near this seemingly effortless use of alliteration. 

I had worked as a copywriter. It took me all day to find an alliterative title for a feature article I was editing. 

 I was also impressed by the way the songwriters could write songs. Then I discovered rhyming dictionaries. If you are a paid songwriter or copyriter you might spend all day doing this. But rap singers seem to come up with alliteration and rhymes instantly. How do they do it? By thinking about it all day every day, even when standing at a bus stop.

 I am waiting for a bus 

I've been waiting bloody hours

Long enough to wilt my flowers

But I do no make a fuss. 

I never moan or cus. 

It's only just a bus.

Hello, here is my bus

A beautiful big bus

I smile at the bus driver

He and I are both survivors

Facing traffic, facing rain

Every day is just the same

Don't waste time in complaining

Just do it all again.

The best passengers say, 'Thank you

Driver!' You would not believe

How many wave and smile

At the driver as they leave.

I just came up with that. 

You could do it too. Read my book. Read it aloud. When you shut it, remember the rhymes and alliteration.

Today I looked back at my own book to help myself write a blog post in my blog on dress of the day with Angela. I had a post about pink broderie anglaise. My alliteration book has a list of alliteration at the front on all the colours. So there I had a choice of pastel. pink, perfect pink, pretty pin, princess pink. pink fit for a princess. Quite enough to effortlessly write a title for two blog posts. I also had beautiful broderie anglaise. And eye-catching eyelets. The latter just came to me. Because now that I have completed writing the book, just a dip into it  revives it like a foreign language, so that alliteration comes up automatically. I am reciting nursery rhymes to my grandchild to encourage her to start talking.

When I started school

, I doubted whether I would have enough alliterations to fill the minimum of 32 pages which you need for a book which has a spine.

My original title was alliteration. I went to a talk on marketing. The speaker asked people in the audience to ask questions. I asked what title I should use for a book on alliteration.

He asked the audience, how many of you want a book on alliteration. Only a couple of hands went up. He asked me why do they need this book. I answered, to improve their English. He asked, hands up if you want to improve your English. Everybody in the room raised their hand. There's your title he said. So the title is Improve your English, add alliteration, assonance and rhyme.I told somebody I had written a book on alliteration.

If you want to buy my book it costs 20 pounds for the hardback, , because it is a big thick book. It is 250 pages. The printing alone is about ten pounds. Add in marketing, payment to me, payment to amazon, and so on. Plus postage. If you buy a copy I shall sign it for you and give you an alliteration with your name, such as  wonderful Warren.  Or Happy Jesus.

It costs less, fifteen pounds twenty pence for the Kindle edition

 If you want to look at the book, but are not yet convinced that you must spend that much on it, you can get a free look at it on amazon, which offers the Look Inside. Wishing you terriific toastmasters, a lovely look at my beautiful book, Improve your English by Angela Lansbury.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-English-alliteration-assonance-ebook/dp/B082PZXQLQ

When I first joined Toastmasters I was impressed by the way the toastmasters of the day, or the president or the SAA opened the meeting with an alliterative greeting. I had passed O level English, and A level English, but I was nowhere near this seemingly effortless use of alliteration. 

I had worked as a copywriter. It took me all day to find an alliterative title for a feature article I was editing. 

Today I looked back at my own book to help myself write a blog post in my blog on dress of the day with Angela. I had a post about pink broderie anglaise. My alliteration book has a list of alliteration at the front on all the colours. So there I had a choice of pastel. pink, perfect pink, pretty pin, princess pink. pink fit for a princess. Quite enough to effortlessly write a title for two blog posts. I also had beautiful broderie anglaise. And eye-catching eyelets. The latter just came to me. Because now that I have completed writing the book, just a dip into it  revives it like a foreign language, so that alliteration comes up automatically.

When I started, I doubted whether I would have enough alliterations to fill the minimum of 32 pages which you need for a book which has a spine.

My original title was alliteration. I went to a talk on marketing. The speaker asked people in the audience to ask questions. I asked what title I should use for a book on alliteration.

He asked the audience, how many of you want a book on alliteration. Only a couple of hands went up. He asked me why do they need this book. I answered, to improve their English. He asked, hands up if you want to improve your English. Everybody in the room raised their hand. There's your title he said. So the title is Improve your English, add alliteration, assonance and rhyme.I told somebody I had written a book on alliteration.

If you want to buy my book it costs 20 pounds for the hardback, , because it is a big thick book. It is 250 pages. The printing alone is about ten pounds. Add in marketing, payment to me, payment to amazon, and so on. Plus postage. If you buy a copy I shall sign it for you and give you an alliteration with your name, such as  wonderful Warren.  Or Happy Jesus.

It costs less, fifteen pounds twenty pence for the Kindle edition

 If you want to look at the book, but are not yet convinced that you must spend that much on it, you can get a free look at it on amazon, which offers the Look Inside. Wishing you terriific toastmasters, a lovely look at my beautiful book, Improve your English by Angela Lansbury.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Improve-Your-English-alliteration-assonance-ebook/dp/B082PZXQLQ

Finding Pills - update to book How to get out of the Mess you're in

How to get out of the mess you're in

Latest discovery: Pills.

Today I got a pill box out of the fridge. I have the days of the week marked. I usually try to tell a companion I have just taken my pill. At one point I wrote down the days on a list and ticked them off. I also keep the empty pill cover (the foil) beside my plate for the hour after breakfast, then place it carefully on top of the waste bin contents in case I am hunting there later.

Today I put one item back in the fridge - and discovered another lost yesterday. So here's my new list for finding my/your lost medicine.

How to find it - where to look:

When did you last have or use the item?

Check your room. Under the desk. Under clothes and newspapers. Behind the desk and screen.

Is it already in your bag, suitcase, car boot?

In the bedroom check beside the bed, behind it.

Hotels - check the bathroom, under the bed and pillow, in the fridge, behind the bedroom door.

Checklist:
If you've just come back from the hospital / pharmacy / shopping trip:
1 The tote bag, including pockets inside and out.
2 Pockets of your coat.
3 Empty plastic bags thrown in bin or bag collecting linen sausage.
4 tote bag left by front door.
5 Carrier bag left in boot of car.
6 Item in pocket of coat you wore today.
7 Pocket of coat you wore yesterday.
8 Already in medicine cabinet in bathroom.
9 Left on bed.
10 Beside sink where  you got glass of water to take pill
11 Fell under table in kitchen / dining room.
12 Pocket of coat on back of chair where you are now sitting.
13 Coat you hung in hall.
14 Jacket you put in wardrobe in hall or bedroom.
15 Beside or behind other pills in fridge.
16 Fallen off bedside table between bed and bedside table.
17 Under car seat.
18 Behind or underneath papers on dining table or kitchen table where you both eat and work.
19 Inside paper bag which is marked with pharmacy name.
20 Behind water jug.
21 Behind bedside table.
22 Inside shoe beside bed.
23 Under clothes thrown off bed.

How To Get Out Of The Mess You're In: title change and wisteria

I thought the title of this book was amusing. However, I'm wondering if it would sell better with a more positive title such as How To Organise Your Life.

I'm constantly find new ideas to add.

I'm working on gardening planning.

I read about a couple who have a house covered by wisteria. It looks very pretty. But it takes two days a year to prune it - on top of other gardening jobs.Not ideal if you are short of time or money for gardeners.

On the other hand, when you are young and fit you would probably enjoy doing this.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3113040/From-just-one-tiny-vine-mass-wisteria-Couple-s-cottage-covered-glorious-climbing-plant-grown-250ft-planted-43-years-ago.html

Angela Lansbury Quote Calendar Jan 23

23 JAN

I need to work to feel well.

Edouard Manet, French painter of: Luncheon On the Grass; Olympia; Portrait of Emile Zola

 (23 Jan 1832-30 Apr 1883).

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct 

Nov

Dec

All's Well That End's Well

Shakespeare play title

My Books: Who Said What When; Quotes Calendar

This is my book Who Said What When:



In preparation my Quotes Calendar. A revised version of Who Said What When with room for you to write in your appointments, diary notes, other quotes or more about the person quoted.