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• The Magic Has Never Dimmed

  

  Anybody who knows me, knows how much I love the sea. Not sailing on it. That’s a totally different story. And not swimming in it unless it’s several thousand... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sea - My Bit of Blackpool

  

  When my parent's wish for a pub on Blackpool promenade was granted, I had the joy of having a front bedroom facing the sea. I was fascinated by the view. Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shakers & Makers

  

  Hmm - an odd title but I'm going to give it a go, if you'll indulge me in some reflections about those bad boys and girls of Greek divinity, shakers and makers... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Shakers And Makers

  

  “To understand history, you have to go on reading till you can hear people talking”, says James Campbell in ‘The Anglo Saxons’. At the start of the Covid... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Face Furniture

  

  This is very bad! Six months after we first went into Covid-19-induced lockdown, the jewel of the north finds itself in lockdown again, as of midnight just... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sideboards

  

  Some time after we moved to Scotland from London my parents bought a dining suite comprising an extending table with 6 chairs and a sideboard. These items were... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sideboards

  

  The first thing that sprang to mind when I thought of sideboards was: if there are sideboards, were there just originally boards? Well yes, there were. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sweets on Grandma's Sideboard

  

  Sideboard - it’s a funny old word, isn’t it? Hardly used these days. Apparently, the definition of a sideboard is 'a flat-topped piece of furniture with... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sideboards - Thanks for the Memory

  

  I wonder what happened to all the sideboards, those massive pieces of highly polished furniture that half-filled most dining rooms. Someone is going to tell me... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Ghazal

  

  Once in a poetic while, the Dead Good Blog feels duty-bound to pay attention to a specific verse form, pantoum, tanka and villanelle being among recent examples. Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Growing Pain

  

  Apparently I am a "woke leftie, spouting a redundant Marxist narrative" - an accusation laid at my door recently by someone who not only believes both 'woke' an... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Growing Pains

  

  I’m 21, so I’m an adult, but a young adult. I’m not one of those youngsters who think they know everything. I am aware I have a lot to learn! Adulting is hard. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Growing Pains

  

  Plant a seed. Nurture it. It will grow. How I came to write as a guest writer on this poets’ blog is somewhat miraculous and frankly a result of a lifetime of... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Growing Pains - Back to School

  

  Fear gripped me. Mid-dream and half asleep, I slipped out of bed in response to the screaming child in the next room. I tried to hurry, but my heart was poundin... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rhapsode

  

  In classical Greek, a ῥαψῳδός (rhapsōidos) meant one who "sews songs together", from the verb rhaptei (to sew) and... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rhapsody

  

  If I am ever famous enough to be invited onto Desert Island Discs, two of my choices would be rhapsodies. The first is the Hungarian Rhapsody No2 by Franz Liszt... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Test Blog - New Blogger

  

  Testing 1-2-3-4Picture here:Added a CaptionLoads of meaningless text...Sign off. Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Class

  

  This word has a few uses. We talk about...a class act...a classy outfit...having class...first class to third class... in a class of its own...and then the... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Class in India

  

  My Dad spent five years in India during WW2 and often spoke to me about the 'caste' system in the sub-continent. He told me about 'the untouchables' - those... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Class - Upstairs Or Downstairs?

  

  I’ve spent the last month or so re-reading my collection of ‘Upstairs, Downstairs’ books. These slim paper-backs tell the story of the popular TV series about... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2020 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION