Autobiography

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Nana and Grampa (c 1950-1960)

Nana: Round and jolly … Grampa: Slow and gentle (slow wink) hen-pecked?…
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Our Man in Golubac

As sweat ran down my temples the man at the other end of the telephone line told me that he spoke Bulgarian, which came as a massive relief to me...
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In A Place Of Respite

In forest dream, I draw on such sensations, my world suspended between sky and earth; where tiny insects crawl, some fly to unhurried silence,...
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Shadowy Visions Of The Past

These days you've probably seen more interesting cupboards than mine, but lately I haven't felt the need to shower my taste buds in the joys that...
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Every Picture Tells A Story

Dear diary...Photo I took on a woodland walk, of an old uprooted tree. Just had to capture my thoughts in a poem. Been taken in by expressionless...
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Back in the M.A.F.F. - Part Two of Two

My dear colleague, Colin the Contortionist, really was called Colin but he was employed by the M.A.F.F. more as a Scientific Officer than as a...
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Back in the M.A.F.F. - Part One of Two

It was the first time I’d ever been asked the question ‘Are you allergic to silage?’ at a job interview. I couldn’t give a definitive answer because...

Almost Two

Our little man is nearly two. Almost beyond bill and coo. Always finds something to do. Likes a cow and says "moo". Has a new house with a distant...