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Crado Come Home
Me and the world around me during the second half of July 2024, in 100 words per day.
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All the President’s Biscuits
Me and the world around me during the first half of July 2024, in 100 words per day.
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Candi Staton, the Sea and Me
Memories of my last night before becoming a salty sea dog. It all happened at the Devon public house in the fashionable Cross Gates district of Leeds, round about the end of August 1976.
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Tang Hall Beck
Sunny Saturdays with the sticklebacks and my friend John Lancaster. A memory of York from 1966.
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Eric’s War
A concise history of World War Two as told to me long ago by my dear old friend Eric. Additional material was provided by his lovely wife Peggy.
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Weather or not
Posted on Thu, 15 May 2025
I used to treasure the words of my dear old Nan from Sunderland but I could never agree with her 'Cast ne'er a clout 'til May is out' proverb.
My determination to wear shorts and sandals from April to October means that sometimes a...
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Retirement
Posted on Tue, 13 May 2025
This is all very interesting stuff Harry. Good on you for getting through it all and good on you for sharing such personal information. You deserve a happy retirement and from what you've described of your stress-filled past, I'm sure you're...
Read full commentPosted in The Rest of My Life: The End of Work
Surfin' Safari
Posted on Sun, 11 May 2025
I enjoyed this Jenny. I always enjoy the way you relive your memories through poetry.
This one could be retitled Five Meet the Beach Boys, by Enid Blyton.
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Just checking
Posted on Mon, 12 May 2025
These lines worried me...
Do you check your phone before you pee in the morning or while you pee?
and
That stuff can wait until the evening,
Do you mean the phone checking can...
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Pick of the Dream Pops
Posted on Thu, 08 May 2025
It must be very difficult for any musical performers from Mullingar to succeed, living as they do in the shadow of the immortal Joe Dolan. So fair play to the Gone Forevers. I'm glad their lyrics are in Swedish. I wish Abba could have done the...
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Marillion
Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025
Oooh, thanks very much indeed Jenny. Your comment is almost as long as my post.
When I worked in Bristol there was a colleague who had previously been a roadie for Marillion and, as a consequence, Marillion agreed to be the live band at...
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And now for my next tick...
Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025
Ah now, I'm delighted by this news. I've been confined to the house most of the day by a huge thunderstorm so this has fair cheered me up.
Many thanks to you, your cat and your blackbird.
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Bravo!
Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025
Very well done Jane. Fingers crossed here for the book. Unlike IPFN, I do have a hat to eat if it doesn't get published but hats tend to give me indigestion, especially sombreros.
And it will get published anyway.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 61 (the end)
Ar Zhao
Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025
Ayup ar Zhao! Is tha lakin' at snooker terneet?
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Energetic
Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025
Isn't energetic just the perfect word for describing the spring?
A great poem Jenny. Congratulations on all the accolades.
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