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A Dead Good Blog
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A group of poets from Blackpool, Lancashire, discussing poetry, inspiration and writing in general.
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Locks
-- no not curly ones, nor ones that turn with the aid of a key but ones on canals. I used to live outside Oxford and we went boating on the Thames. Read more
Posted on 01 September 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Umbrellas Last Stand
As their shadowy name suggests, umbrellas were originally devised as structures intended to provide protection against the sun for fair ladies; (ditto parasols). Read more
Posted on 30 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
My Mum Calls Them "Gamps" ...... ;-)
I've always loved the old style umbrella's, but then I'm a vintage kind of gal. I like parasols too and think it's a shame they died out fashion wise. I would... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Pennies from Heaven.
If you are living in a green place, filled with trees, verdant pastures and arable, productive farm land then you have been lucky enough to have enjoyed rain.... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Umbrella - Tuesday's Blog
Sunday - - in a thunderstorm. Well, it seems appropriate that I wrote this while thunder cracked overhead and lightning streaked the sky. The gulls too were... Read more
Posted on 25 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Tangerine - Follow Your Dream
I was born and grew up in West Africa, 3,000 miles - two continents, one desert and an ocean - away from my nearest English League team. That would probably hav... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Follow Your Dreams
I'm away on holiday this week. So I'll just leave this here ... ;-) https://youtu.be/UkekqVPIc2M It's one of my favourite songs by them. Enjoy and I'll see you... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Far from the Madding Crowd
My views on following your dream have changed direction over the 57 years of my life. I am not going to brag but I have achieved many of the goals that I set fo... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Exposure
There's a dynamic involved and it's all a question of finding the appropriate amount of exposure, that perfect point between 'under' and 'over', regardless of... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Exposure
Cryptosporidium It has been a slightly fraught week of illness around my family this week. There are bugs a plenty doing the rounds making people ill... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Exposure - It Gets Absolutely Everywhere.
In 1966 – my parents took my brother and me on our first flight ever. We left Liverpool’s Speke airport on a BAC111 for Jersey for a week of sunshine and fun. Read more
Posted on 13 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Following Your Dream
Well I have an apology to make for being late in submitting this week. You see every Tuesday I visit a friend who broke her leg , before Christmas! Read more
Posted on 12 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Catsup
What's up? Catsup! Trust your Saturday blogger to take a theme [Cats] by the tail and tweak it some, (though not seriously enough to cause it injury)... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
"I Tort I Taw a Puddy Tat! ... I Did! I Did See a Puddy Tat!!"
Ah Tweety! Poor old Sylvester's nemesis. Then there's Jerry of course. Tormenting Thomas (Tom to me and you), and getting him a whopping with a broom. Tsk tsk,... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Cats - Treat Them Mean...
My father was a big fan of Tom Jerry. When they were on TV every weekday night before the six o’clock news, he would open the pub doors and let customers in... Read more
Posted on 06 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Cats
This week's title of "Cats" made me think back to an early poem I wrote in 1965 " Epitaph to a Cat " - yet we'd never had a cat , only a dog. Where the idea cam... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Object
You want a mind-blowingly open-to-interpretation prompt for the latest batch of Dead Good blog posts? Try this... Object (BOOM! Read more
Posted on 02 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
Objet
My paternal uncle Norman used to be a French teacher (hence the Gallic slant to this week's theme) and is a confirmed Francophile. I've mentioned him before in... Read more
Posted on 02 August 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
I Object!
I would like to start this blog with an apology. To say sorry for the distinct lack of posts from myself on this blog of late. I have writers block, pure and... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION -
To Object Or Not to Object? Fear is the Factor.
The year is 1982. She is a confident and outgoing 26 year old, working in the city and living in the suburbs. Her job is well- paid, she buys good quality,... Read more
Posted on 30 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION