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Elaine and I barely spoke to each other but memories of this gruff, no-nonsense woman have stayed with me for fifty years.
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This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Last Orders
Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the second part of my account of an arduous journey through February via the middle of nowhere.
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This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Early Doors
Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the first part of my account of an arduous journey from the beginning of February to the middle of February.
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Ophidian at Four O’Clock
Happiness is a hot Balkan afternoon...
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Johnny Ten Levs
Johnny’s always drifting around, trying to find, alcohol.
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My thoughts
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
Your poetic description of the beautiful nature around you at this time of year and the situation in Palestine are each at opposite ends of the spectrum of what's exists daily n my mind Di. It increases the need for we in safer countries to...
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A Year in Pavlikeni
Posted on Mon, 04 Aug 2025
Unfortunately they don't sell Leeds United strips for cats here, and she wouldn't be seen dead in a Locomotiv Gorna Oryahovitsa shirt, so there might be a bit of a wait for the photographs. Meanwhile we're in talks with the vet for a tattoo....
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Them ol' school recorder lessons blues
Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2025
Walt was (and is) a great bloke, as was (and is) his brother and their two families. My head is still full of their little sayings and jokes that enriched my teenage years. And Sheila, who is no longer with us, couldn't have been a better mother-...
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Great words
Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2025
But possibly not tea!
Great words you've got there Tan.
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Come back Bert Weedon. We need you!
Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2025
I agree entirely Jenny. Making music, like brain surgery and flying airlines, should always be left to the experts because in the wrong hands it can do a lot of harm. We only have to listen to the Bay City Rollers to see that this is true....
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Robotic voices
Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2025
I recently went to see an Elvis Presley tribute act. I had to buy the tickets over the phone using a similar automated booking system to the one you have described.
The robotic voice at the other end of the line said, 'Well it's one for...
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Punch
Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2025
Aww, thanks for that Ewan. I'll carry on regardless in this world of sanitised humour.
Two of my kids do stand-up comedy as a hobby sort of thing in and around Manchester. I'm very proud of them and I always tell them their material's...
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Always turned strange
Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2025
Stories were weird. They started out fine, but always turned strange.
That's a good sign of a good story.
Nice one Jess! I enjoyed this.
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Graces
Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2025
My mother was called Grace, as were her mother and three more generations before her. There was a lull of many women in our family but none ever struck me as being mythological.
A verry nice poem Jenny that's made me think.
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The Five Seasons
Posted on Sat, 19 Jul 2025
A wonderfull summary of the seasons in words of rhythm and rhyme Paul. But you missed one out... what about the football season?
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