Turlough
Primary tabs
Pages
My stories
Taking Tea - Kavinda and Me
Part Two of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Will you take tea, dear friend? Ceylon or Dundee?
- Read more about Taking Tea - Kavinda and Me
- 14 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1931 reads
A Black Morris Minor and a Pink Carnation
Part One of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Coping with the heat, the flies and the disco funk.
- Read more about A Black Morris Minor and a Pink Carnation
- 12 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1855 reads
Nihil Impossibile Erit Vobis
A wild rainy day spent with a grand bit of twentieth century Irish literature and a big box of teabags.
- Read more about Nihil Impossibile Erit Vobis
- 22 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 3722 reads
Hot Cross Buns and Fish and Chips
It’s that one hundred words thing again, covering the second half of March when I was mostly in England.
- Read more about Hot Cross Buns and Fish and Chips
- 18 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 3362 reads
Johnny Ten Levs vs Jack Daniels
It’s that one hundred words thing again, covering the first half of March when I was mostly in Bulgaria.
- Read more about Johnny Ten Levs vs Jack Daniels
- 7 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1452 reads
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...
Read full commentPosted in Sleeping Beauty
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...
Read full commentPosted in The Cat Krampus Campus (and Moment who couldn't resist not doing nothing)
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.
Read full commentPosted in On the Patch Where the Strawberries Grew
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...
Read full commentPosted in On the Patch Where the Strawberries Grew
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.
Read full commentPosted in On the Patch Where the Strawberries Grew
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...
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 5 - The Dark Hedges
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...
Read full commentPosted in Driving Home for Chris
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.
Read full commentPosted in Christmas Is Coming
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...
Read full commentPosted in Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight...
Wee Bach
Posted on Wed, 17 Dec 2025
The Stranocum avenue of trees is a lovely thing to see but it really does make me sad to know that the trees are suffering because of their fame. I forgot to mention in my story that they have also been damaged by graffiti as people with...
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 5 - The Dark Hedges
Pages