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• Goal!

  

  According to Genesis 11 1-9 sometime before the Common Era, the whole earth had one language until, in the words of the Old Testament the Lord said, “Let us go... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Automatic Writing

  

  Autocarrot - off. ☑ Content filtre - off. ☑ Productive texts - off. ☑ Spelchek - off. ☑ Proseed.✅Yore Saterday Blogr prowdly... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' October Open Mic Night

  

  Our upcoming open mic night on ZOOM coincides with National Poetry Day, whose given theme is 'play'. So why not join us on Thursday 2nd October to enjoy and... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Automatic Writing

  

  When I was looking for information on Automatic Writing it wasn’t long before I started to come across references to Angels, Spirit Guides and Higher Selves. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chilled

  

  I’m going to take ‘chilled’ as temperatures between 0 and 5 degrees centigrade as that is what the UK’s Food Safety Agency recommends. Mind you, it also says yo... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• My Desert Island Discs

  

  So there I am, stranded on the mythical Greek island of Dyskos, with just my solar-powered Dansette record player, eight precious slices of vinyl, a book of my... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Desert Island Discs

  

  , which is on Radio 4 these days, is another throw back to my childhood, like Mrs Dale’s Diary and Sing Something Simple when we listened to the huge, polished... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Desert Island Discs

  

  I’ve had my list of 8 records for Desert Island Discs ready for thirty years or more waiting for the opportunity to share them to the world. Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• When The Music Starts To Play I Want To Be Around

  

  I taught in a High School in North Blackpool for twenty five years. By the time I regenerated- that’s retired to you- my kids were big into Dr Who and said... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Raised Beds

  

  'Raised Beds' must be one of the most oddball topics to have demanded the attention of the Dead Good Blogging collective. No wonder only two of us have risen... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Raised Beds

  

  The first two men to walk on the Moon, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, spent their rest periods on the Apollo lunar module floor and... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Work!

  

  A means to an end? An end in itself? Something to be avoided at all costs? Where would I place myself on the 'work to live....live to work' spectrum? Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sunshine

  

  As sunshine is the topic of the blog I suppose I’d better come straight out with it. I’m not a fan. Or I should say I’m not keen on summer sunshine. All the... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lancashire Dead Good Poets' June Open Mic Night

  

  Our next monthly open mic night on zoom...Hope you can join us.Steve :-) Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mind The Gap

  

  London's Underground railway system, the oldest in the world, first opened in January 1863, the start of a grand design to link the City of London with the... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• MInd the Gap

  

  Yesterday I had a lovely train ride along the west coast to Ravenglass which is one of those small delights hidden away in the Lake District. (Please don’t go... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kýrie Elé...

  

  Kyrielle: a poetic form (which is why it's getting the treatment on this week's blog), originating in 15th century France out of that country's troubadour... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Salt Margin - Anthology Launch

  

  Blackpool Fylde stanza group celebrates its fifth anniversary with the publication of a new poetry anthology, The Salt Margin, at a launch event on zoom on... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kyrielle

  

  According to Wiki the name kyrielle derives from the Kýrie, which is part of many Christian liturgies. A traditional kyrielle is written in... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Kyrielle

  

  From Wikipedia,“The Kyrielle is a poetic form that originated in 15th century French troubadour poetry.” The lines of a kyrielle are octosyllabic, rhyming... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2025 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION