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Cherries and Dahlia Petals
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Twelve, the final part.
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The Gaddafi Effect
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Eleven (with photographs, though they're the same photographs as in Part Ten, so you may have seen them before).
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Tea with the Coppersmith
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Ten (with photographs).
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The Man in the Iran Mosque
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Nine.
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The Great Falafel Kerfuffle
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Eight.
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Palestine
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
There are many things that we should remember about Israel's occupation of Palestine since 1948, and about Britain's occupation of it for thirty years before that. But we don't. This problem is more than a century old.
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Hurt
Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2025
These are brilliant words so filled with sadness. I'm very sorry that it's been necessary for you to write them and I sincerely hope the hurt subsides.
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Fighting fit
Posted on Fri, 27 Jun 2025
Yes Di, I'm absolutely tip top now. Many thanks for asking.
And I hope you're fit and well yourself.
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Palestine
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
History twists and turns but I doubt there's ever been a reversal of circumstances quite like what we're seeing now. And we are seeing it now. We've no choice. It's everywhere we look.
I've tried to look away but I can't. I've read books...
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Glasto
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
There's little that can beat the atmosphere of a good music festival. I've been to a few but never Glastonbury. I used to go to the WOMAD festival every year near Malmsbury near where you live. It was all what they call 'World Music' which I love...
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The Goddess of Death
Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2025
I'm delighted to see how quickly you've acclimatised to life in Somerset Paul. I vaguely remember there being a pub in Taunton called the Goddess of Death. Their hemlock flavoured crisps are to die for.
Excellent writing! I eagerly await...
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Home á loam
Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2025
Sitting in my shed and writing, I find, are the two great healers in life. I wish there was a light in my shed so that I could go there to write, thereby killing two earwigs with one stone.
I once read somewhere on the internet that...
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Sleep
Posted on Sun, 22 Jun 2025
Thanks very much for your words Kilb50.
The good thing about not being able to sleep is that I don't have the nightmares.
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Hoover hysteria!
Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2025
Ah, thank you for that. I'm glad it made you smile.
I've always thought that a person could never have too many hoovers. And I've always felt terribly sorry for No-vac Djokovic.
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June
Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2025
I have indeed Coral and, at this point, that journal's exactly one-third written.
All will be revealed. Well maybe not all, but certainly a lot.
Tx
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