A Dead Good Blog

Max was born in 1952. He was the creation of Pericle Luigi Giovanetti, a Swiss draughtsman, painter and illustrator of Italian and French pa...

  “Laughter is the best medicine” is a well-known saying and it is true. We feel better after a good laugh and depending on the reason for t...

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

Sunday afternoons in the winter, watching the ‘ Hollywood Musical ’ at the home of my school-friend, Lorna, were very happy times. It was co...

  Gutta-percha is a natural latex material obtained from Palaquium trees native to South East Asia. The sap is collected from trees which ha...

I’ve realised recently that the word, ‘ridiculous,’ is one I use pretty often (along with, ‘exactly’ and, ‘absolutely,’ which irritated my h...

“Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence.”  (From Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, 1927) How refreshi...

I’m responsible for one of those family stories that might get passed down in history, creating mirth amongst future generations. Or, th...

It was New Year’s Eve. We expected a quiet evening in, just the two of us, but the best things can happen on the spur of the moment, so ...

My lovely big doll, Janice lives in the attic. Propped up between an old filing cabinet and boxes of Christmas stuff, she manages to st...

In my mid-teens, I loved going to London to stay with my aunt. Often, the whole family would go by car, but my favourite trips were the ones...