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• 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

• Object

  

  - - this week's title. Phew ! Another of those English words with multiple meanings ! Depends where you place the emphasis or in which context the word is used. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Changing Face of Music

  

  Music has always been an important part of my life. It is central to many of my experiences and at the core of my memory bank. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Play On

  

  To many of us for whom there is no god, a love of music that feeds body and soul is about as devotional as we are ever likely to get. Music is a fundamental... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Music Was My First Love …

  

  I could start here and write forever about music. Music was once the whole purpose of my life. I was born in Blackpool. My elder sister, by almost ten years … n... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Music

  

  Sorry to be so late this evening. I was visiting a friend and we got talking about "Music"...how we were involved in hearing music through our respective... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chance Lead Me

  

  I’m going cycling tonight. I don’t know where but I rarely do. Fellow cyclists, planning their routes in exhaustive detail, regard this behaviour as morally... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Serendipity ? i Am Not Convinced.

  

  Earlier today, I logged into my computer to use a search engine to look do some research. A close friend recently managed to dissuade me from using the ‘usual... Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2015 BOOKS, CREATIVITY, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION