Ashleylister
MY BLOGS
-
A Dead Good Blog
http://deadgoodpoets.blogspot.co.uk/
A group of poets from Blackpool, Lancashire, discussing poetry, inspiration and writing in general.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2179 )
-
Northern Soul
Hello and welcome to Friday's contribution to the blog. I will apologise first for the shortness of my piece, but I'm off again on my travels on Friday. Going... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Ragbag Square
Welcome to Saturday's Ragbag blog, a collection of loosely related musings on that theme. To begin with, some random things I have learned this week: - The brai... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Rag Bag....three Meanings....which to Choose ?
Hello and welcome to my now "Friday" contribution to the blog. It takes some getting used to changing one's routine! Anyway I digress... This week's title is "... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Rag Bag - a Joy Forever.
Okay, go and collect a box of tissues. This is going to be a little emotional. After all we all need a good old cry sometimes. Okay, are you sitting comfortably... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Jackson In Extraction
Jackson Pollock, a suitable case for treatment. I finally caught up with a major retrospective of the American painter's work last year, having been chasing... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Treatment
This week's theme is " Treatment". This may pertain to medical intervention, or how we regard or respect other people, animals or the environment. Read more
Posted on 13 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Treatment - There May Be an Alternative.
OK Huston, we have a problem. The brain tells us that something is wrong. The brain feels the symptoms. The body can only know that it is in pain because we hav... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Death By Chocolate
I think a little levity is in order today, after weeks of solid Shakespeare (good though he is) and worry over the fate of a less substantial Blackpool FC (bad... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Chocolate - a Millenium in the Making.
The Mayans of Central America are believed to be the first to discover cocoa as early as 900 AD. They learned that the beans inside the cocoa pods could be... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Chocolate
This week's title is 'chocolate'. Well it's never really interested me to that extent. I was diagnosed as lactose intolerant almost 40 years ago so milk... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Tragedy
I think I first really got into tragedy when I was about nine or ten, perhaps even younger. I used to stay at my nan’s flat some weekends and she’s take me... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Ye Moste Tragickal Historie of Blackpule FC
The last of our trio of Shakespeare-related themes is Tragedy. Herewith the sole surviving excerpt from a long-lost work, Ye Moste Tragickal Historie of... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
A Tragic Year
As Adele quite rightly pointed out yesterday, a tragedy is an event that causes suffering, destruction and/or distress. Quite frankly, for many people, this yea... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Tragedy - Greek Goats Love to Climb Trees.
Tragedy - noun (plural tragedies) 1 - An event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as a serious accident, crime, or natural catastrophe: a... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
History
My bookshelves groan with the evidence of a full and varied education in History and English Literature coupled with a love of reading.Much of my free time... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
History
Part two of this Shakespeare mini-series devotes itself to history. Here's a brief one about the man himself. William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is generally... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
History - Living Names in the Here and Now.
This week our theme is history. I have to confess to you that as soon as I hear the word, my mind springs back to school days, to Miss Swift and endless... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
History
As a schoolchild I was not at all interested in history as I found it altogether boring . It seemed that I was expected to just remember a list of dates, and wh... Read more
Posted on 12 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Comedy
When it comes to the funny side of life, stuff that makes us laugh, nothing, it seems, creates a bigger comedic splash than a good dollop of lavatory humour,... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Comedy - You Should Have Been There.
Have you ever had one of those moments when you quite literally had to hold your sides, you were laughing so hard. One of those hysterical moments. You know wha... Read more
Posted on 07 April 2016 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION