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Inca Ice and Lupins
How do you do? I’m in Peru!
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Nor Any Drop to Drink
The final fifteen days of Bulgaria’s October fun.
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Water Water Everywhere
The first sixteen days of October’s Bulgarian fun.
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Street Dreams
Middlesbrough, the town of my recurring dreams.
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Dolly Blue Monday
She'd never had it so good.
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I read news like this almost
Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021
I read news like this almost every day. It's sickening that an uncaring world can push people to the point where they have to risk their lives in this way. How bad must the life be that they are trying to escape from for them to accept that...
Read full commentPosted in The Journey. Part Two.
For years I worked with
Posted on Wed, 27 Oct 2021
For years I worked with elderly people and seeing them caught by dementia used to break my heart. Your words describing your Mum's situation have brought back so many memories of complete strangers who I came to love before slowly but ultimately...
Read full commentPosted in Blessings Dear Late Mum And Dad
I love reading diaries.
Posted on Sat, 23 Oct 2021
A long, long time ago I worked on ships. Working and living with people in such close proximity for six to eight months at a time whilst thousands of miles from home made me feel I got a deep understanding of, and closeness to, colleagues that I...
Read full commentPosted in That Was Genesis
A nice bit of secrecy.
Posted on Tue, 12 Oct 2021
I really enjoyed your poem Rhiannon. It hadn't crossed my mind that adults speaking in code in front of their kids was a form of keeping things secret. I remember it being a struggle with my kids, and then an even bigger struggle when they...
Read full commentPosted in Little ears are listening!
Beetlebum
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2026
All the staff in the Dermatology and Venereal Department (DVD) drive a Hyundai Syphilis. It's part of some sort of sponsorship deal. The directors, however, each have a Volkswagen Chlamydia because they're a bit posh.
Meanwhile I've got my...
Read full commentPosted in Oh Ambassador You Are Really Scaring Us
Practically perfect in every way.
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2026
Thanks IPFN, that would surely do the trick.
One of my kids sent me this photograph to model myself on…
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
And sang “When...
Read full commentPosted in Oh Ambassador You Are Really Scaring Us
Hats
Posted on Mon, 07 Sep 2026
You’re exactly right Ewan, and thanks for the tips. I’ve spent huge chunks of my life in the sunshine so I’m lucky really that I’ve got away with just this little organism. Living in Bulgaria it’ll mean some significant lifestyle changes. I have...
Read full commentPosted in Oh Ambassador You Are Really Scaring Us
Ollie Beak
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
There were ‘owls of laughter when I read this Kat.
And I wondered, is there any type of honey that isn’t spreadable?
And also, I think owls must find me very attractive because whenever I walk past them I turn a few heads.
...
Read full commentPosted in Tobruk, Or Not Tobruk?
Epitaphs
Posted on Fri, 04 Sep 2026
I like to think that the former leader of North Korea was a Spike Milligan fan and had 'I told you I was Kim Jong Il' written on his gravestone.
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Busy
Posted on Sat, 05 Sep 2026
I suppose the longer they were left, the more exciting the discovery became. There's a lot of reading to be done but I expect you'll enjoy every minute of it.
Read full commentPosted in A delightful but momentous task
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