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Song to My Siren
I loved the way we shared that laughter. No other made me laugh like you.
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The Vigorous Fig
But how did you get there? That’s got me perplexed. Oh the wonders of nature, and whatever next?
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Mucky Maureen
A fine poet once wrote… Sometimes we’d go to the Derrisford caff For a bottle of Coke and a bit of a laugh. We’d waste so many afternoons In the...
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Rediscovering Holes
This is a poem I wrote some time ago. Fifty-two years ago to be more precise. I rediscovered it the other day whilst searching in the loft for my...
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Rakia Maria – Part Two of Two
So I said to Priyatelkata ‘Isn’t it lovely?’ and she replied ‘Yes! It’s very lovely.’ Maria added, ‘Life and health!’ in Bulgarian, of course. What...
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Brave
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
We all have to be brave when she's working in the kitchen!
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The soya milk is quite
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
The soya milk is quite expensive here too so she makes it very cheaply herself from soya beans but it's an awful lot of work. So then after all that faffing with every kitchen implement that we own she then sets about making the yoghurt which is...
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LB
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
We have labyrinths of crisps and biscuits too Di but our supermarkets don't sell much of the other processed foods that you have over there in the posh end of Europe. Here we don't have prepacked sandwiches, prepared meals, pies and pasties, ...
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Splendid news
Posted on Wed, 24 Apr 2024
I'm very pleased to hear it, partly (but only partly) because I've mislaid the pencil sharpener.
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Jam
Posted on Wed, 24 Apr 2024
When is it? I'll pencil it in my diary.
Local tradition and climate dictate that mine will be within 24 hours of me pegging it, so everyone's invited but I doubt if many will get here in time.
The rakia's in the kitchen cupboard......
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Plural
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2024
It was bike accidents Jenny. Definitely plural. Elbows, knees and ribs were the major victims. How could I have been so stupid so many times over so many years?
I'm pleased to hear you're on the mend, and I empathise and sympathise with...
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I'm hoping that every comment
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
I'm hoping that every comment about LB on ABC Tales will generate a commission payment from the Bulgarian Agriculture Ministry.
So many thanks for your contribution Jenny. Every stotinka helps.
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Oh Jenny, that sounds awful.
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2024
Oh Jenny, that sounds awful. I know from falling off my bike that the embarrassment can be almost as bad as the pain. I really hope you're fit and well and all patched up soon.
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Fields of rapeseed in flower
Posted on Sat, 20 Apr 2024
Fields of rapeseed in flower always look utterly beautiful.
My in-laws' house in Lincolnshire was often surrounded by acres of it and we decided that it didn't smell very nice and the small black insects that it attracted were also...
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This is a lovely, uplifting
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2024
This is a lovely, uplifting poem Jenny.
I read it to my cats. They're salivating like Pavlov dogs.
I told them not to be so rude.
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