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• Box Of Rain

  

  It's approaching mid-December in Blackpool and it's raining. No surprise there, given the time of the season and the arrival of the first serious cold weather o... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Water of Life ?

  

  Water is a life saver and a life taker. It seems we either have too much of it, or not enough of it ! Is this down to climate change ? I can only speculate. I a... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Water, Water Everywhere ...

  

  The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of my earliest poetic memories. It was probably the first epic poem that I read. I loved the way poetry could be used to... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Water - Deluge

  

  There was more rain than usual on our recent visit to Dumfries and Galloway. It doesn’t bother us, after all, rain away is better than rain at home. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Water

  

  When writing this post, I had a craving for some Pepsi. It’s probably out of habit, or the fact that I might be slightly addicted, but this time I managed to... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Taking the Train.

  

  I was born in London, but my grandparents lived in Aberdeen so in the early 50's train travel was the way to get back and forth. I do recall snapshots of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Take the Train - a Journey into the Imagination.

  

  I have very early memories of trains - but the small, perfectly formed 'model' variety. I am the youngest of four and have two older brothers. Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Take the Train - Manchester to Sale

  

  The clanging clatter of winter shoes on iron steps, over the bridge then down to the platform where the train to Nanna’s puffed out something smelly from the... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Saturday Night Surveillance

  

  Date: Saturday 25-Nov-2017. Time: 20:00 hrs. Locus: South Shore, Blackpool, England... Surveillance in under way. I have successfully located tonight's target... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Surviellance - Five Eyes.

  

  The word surveillance comes from a French phrase for "watching over" - sur means "from above" and veiller is the verb "to watch." Surveillance... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Boom! Boom!

  

  Oh dear, oh dear - one-liners has not proved a popular theme with our Dead Good bloggers! As it was one of my suggestions, I will shoulder the blame for the... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Liners - One Track.

  

  Sorry to all you wonderful Dead Good blog readers - I almost let you down this week. I was appearing on stage the night before my regular blogging day and was... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Harvest - What Happens When It Fails?

  

  The Great Irish Famine (An Gorta M贸r) From 1845-52, the failure of Ireland's potato harvest devastated the population; a million people died from sicknes... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Harvest - The Pumpkin

  

  I wanted to carry a neat arrangement of fresh fruit or vegetables placed in a shallow box on a green bed of scrunched tissue paper. It didn’t happen. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• When Hallowe'en Poetry Rocked The Garden

  

  In Hallowe'en week, the Dead Good Poets ran a ghoulish poetry workshop as part of the fun and games on offer at Devonshire Road Rock Garden's Hallowe'en Party.... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Delinquency

  

  The eighth deadly sin has proved a fruitful blog topic this week and my co-posters have successfully nominated abuse, consumerism and social media as worthy... Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Eighth Deadly Sin....Abuse

  

  Abuse has hit the headlines for many months now. I'm looking at the subject from many different angles.... Abuse of one's own body. Either on purpose or... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Consumerism - the Eighth Deadly Sin.

  

  I had to do a bit of research for this one. I understand the idea of seven deadly sins and they all have modern day connotations. Gluttony - can lead to... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Eighth Deadly Sin - Social Media

  

  The World Wide Web. Love it or hate it, use it or ignore it. We are surrounded by an invisible network capable of linking people with others all over the world... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Feeling Lost

  

  When my elder daughter was a three-year-old, she worried every time I travelled up to London on my own of a week-end. She used to fret that I'd get lost: 'What... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2017 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION