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Murder in the Tesco Express
Based on a series of events witnessed over a number of years in my local convenience shop when I lived in the sleepy English town of Chippenham.
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Tan Remembered Toes
Paddling in the River Dun, we’d laugh hysterically as the peaty waters made our white Antrim feet appear a shade of tan.
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Island of Dreams
One day my wanderlust will take me to Great Yarmouth, but in the meantime here’s the Gulf of Kissamou.
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Clochán an Aifir (The Giant’s Causeway)
Not too far from where I once lived, this place has mesmerised me since I was six.
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Introducing Turlough Ó Maoláin, Performance Poet
My April, the second of two parts, and restricted to 100 words per day because less is more, and I am the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe of village gossip.
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Pint
Posted on Sat, 03 Jan 2026
I agree with you about rhyming poetry. I enjoy reading it more if it rhymes. If I write a poem that rhymes I know when it’s finished but with non-rhyming stuff I never know until somebody tells me it seems alright. I’ve struggled with poetry all...
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Comatose
Posted on Sat, 03 Jan 2026
Only the best fairy tales have the word ‘comatose’ in them. Where fine rhyme and rhythm and humour meet you brought a smile to my face throughout.
I suspect that the last line a-hunting off he goes might be a medieval poetic...
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Enjoyed!
Posted on Fri, 02 Jan 2026
I enjoyed this Jane.
Totem was a simpleton and that’s what made him good... something I've observed amongst our cats and which divides them into two groups.
I also liked blood temperature. I'll remember that for...
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PS
Posted on Wed, 31 Dec 2025
PS I'm delighted that I got the final pick of he day of the year. It's a bit like having the Christmas No 1. You can call me Noddy from now on.
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Chestit Chesney
Posted on Wed, 31 Dec 2025
Ooooh! I’m very impressed!
Ee chestita Nova Godina na teb ee semee-eestvoto tee. (And Happy New Year to you and your family).
I’ve been thinking about the amazing grandmother and I’ve come to realise there’s a lot to be written...
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Happy New Year
Posted on Wed, 31 Dec 2025
Thank you very much Drew, and Happy New Year to you and to all those around you and to everybody really.
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Level
Posted on Wed, 17 Dec 2025
That’s great to hear because it means we’re level pegging again in the ABCBNGC. However, there’s the possibility that in the next few days the squirrels will look at themselves in their little sciurine mirrors and decide that it’s high time that...
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Ain't nobody I'd rather be...
Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2025
Thanks for your comment Kat. Kind words in there, as always.
For me Chris Rea was the male Kirsty MacColl. Both now no longer with us and both remembered fondly by the public predominantly on the strength of one Christmas hit. I used to...
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Walking in the air
Posted on Tue, 23 Dec 2025
Nice Jenny!
Reading this I imagined you starring in the Snowman video.
I hope you have a great time walking in the air and floating in the moonlit sky.
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Happy Holidays
Posted on Sat, 20 Dec 2025
Ah, the flight home. The same old airport faffing about but in the opposite direction, so without the happy holiday home greeting when you get there.
There's a reason why it's never possible to see the Easyjet cabin person who says 'We...
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