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I Feel Like I’m Fixing to Tie-Dye My Raggy Socks
The second half of my description of my experiences of the first month of the year in which I last used leva banknotes to pay for my weekly shop. The one hundred words per day rule applies, as usual.
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I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu
The first half of my description of my experiences of the first month of the year in which I first used euro banknotes to pay for my weekly shop. The one hundred words per day rule applies, as usual.
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A Right Pen and Ink
A job’s always a lot easier when you’ve got the right kit.
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How to Make Money with a Broken Spirograph
Oh what a month! Late December back in ’25. My experiences of it described at the going rate of one hundred words per day.
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The Quest to Find the Sarashka Mosque
Oh what a month! Early December back in ’25. My experiences of it described at the going rate of one hundred words per day.
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Out of Innocence
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
Such powerful words you have there Jane, and it’s a story the likes of which were repeated over and over again in Ireland. In the Catholic schools, young innocents (myself included) were told to love all those around them, but to teach them...
Read full commentPosted in Letter to Ann Lovett (1968 - 1984)
The ABC Beech Nut Germination Challenge 2026
Posted on Wed, 17 Dec 2025
Blessed are the chainsaw enthusiasts.
I knew about the float test which I’ve used before when planting other nuts and fruit stones but we didn’t have many beechnuts to go at from our Irish expedition so we planted the whole lot in compost...
Read full commentPosted in A Hare's Breath 5 - The Dark Hedges
Alfred N Muggins and Michael D Higgins
Posted on Tue, 25 Nov 2025
As Brian's mum, Mandy once said unto the crowd, 'Now, you listen here! He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!'
I can't get my head round all the supernatural stuff in the Bible but it's quite likely that there was a Jesus and he...
Read full commentPosted in The Quiet Revolutionary! By Alfred N.Muggins
Glasgow
Posted on Fri, 14 Nov 2025
You're exactly right Di. In terms of personal memories it's often better that a place has disappeared than to have stayed and become sadly unrecognisable. It's a bit like a rock star dying young; not so good for the rock star or the people who...
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Poor Danny!
Posted on Mon, 10 Nov 2025
Poor Danny!
And I don't think the hijacking really matters when the subject matter's interesting.
Read full commentPosted in Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin
Martha Wainwright
Posted on Wed, 05 Nov 2025
I went to a Martha Wainwright gig at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London about twenty years ago. I was a bit unsure about her but my friend who was a fan bought me my ticket so I felt I had to go along. I didn't particularly enjoy any of the concert...
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Desperation
Posted on Wed, 15 Oct 2025
Many thanks to you Di for your comment.
Ah those flags. They shouldn't be up there at all. They're not just racist but supporting a terrorist organisation that was very active during the Troubles. And to have them up there in a place so...
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Manchester... lah lah lah
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025
I try to spend my mornings, at least, with my mind free of the world's horrors and atrocities. ABCtales is usually a grand place to make this escape as I drink my coffee. This Bulgarian style coffee that Priyatelkata describes as 'the coffee of...
Read full commentPosted in Mrs Muggins Goes On a Mini Tour of Italy, While the Butcher and the Clown Meet in Alaska! by Alfred N.Muggins
Groovy!
Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2025
Did you ever watch The Fast Show with John Thomson's 'Jazz Club' parody sketches? They were hilarious in that they were such a close likeness of the reality.
There are only small snippets of jazz that I like, and Django is a lot different...
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Those pesky sleeps
Posted on Tue, 05 Aug 2025
You certainly should visit Bulgaria Paul. This country, like all of the countries in the Balkans, are encrusted in jewels of history and culture that the rest of Europe knows nothing about. As an example, have a look on Google for ...
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