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When Life Gives You Flags
Part Four of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Kavinda’s proudest moment.
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Rupees Appease
Part Three of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Kavinda counts his cash.
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Taking Tea - Kavinda and Me
Part Two of the Flour of Sri Lanka series. Will you take tea, dear friend? Ceylon or Dundee?
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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.
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Nihil Impossibile Erit Vobis
A wild rainy day spent with a grand bit of twentieth century Irish literature and a big box of teabags.
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I really like..
Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2023
I really like..
And oh, what a world full of places for foxes who know!
They are everywhere but they keep themselves to themselves. They know things that we don't know and they go places we don't go. Gorgeous creatures and...
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I love this Rhiannon, though
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
I love this Rhiannon, though it saddens me.
You've reminded me of the dear elderly people I used to visit when I was working, particularly those living in care homes. They had no desire to receive presents. What brought them happiness was...
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Ha ha! If ever he tells you
Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023
Ha ha! If ever he tells you to get knotted he probably means he's waiting for you to turn into that tree.
People such as Lesley Ash, Courtney Pine, Nigel Hawthorne and King Edward the Elder have already been through this process.
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Years ago I entered a pun
Posted on Thu, 03 Aug 2023
Years ago I entered a pun writing competition in our local newspaper. I wrote one and then immediately thought of another. It was so easy I couldn't stop. Eventually I had ten of them so I sent them all off to the newspaper office in town ...
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A-ha were (maybe still are) a
Posted on Sat, 15 Jul 2023
A-ha were (maybe still are) a brilliant band. I've a couple of their CDs myself. Not so fond of Geldof though.
Your words remind me of a time when I was looking through second hand CDs at a market stall near where I lived. As I browsed I...
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Great stuff Paul! This is a
Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022
Great stuff Paul! This is a really entertaining read though I had to keep reminding myself that it is a work of fiction.
It leaves me wondering if in the future you might be writing a piece on Boris Johnson's appearance on the television...
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If only the kings and queens
Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022
If only the kings and queens and the richest men in the world would go away and leave the rest of us alone there wouldn't be so many crying mums. Unfortunately the kings and queens have big families and there are men with big fat piggy banks...
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I get this!
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
I get this!
For decades, possibly even a century or so, places like little shops and pubs hardly changed. I know that some change is necessary but it seems like in the last twenty years everything has changed and it can never change back....
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I really enjoyed the way your
Posted on Wed, 29 Dec 2021
I really enjoyed the way your words recreated in my mind the cold stillness of the cemetery. Even though you describe a place for the dead surrounded by lifeless objects, you seemed to bring it to life.
I particularly liked your line ......
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'We shouldn't be so harsh on
Posted on Fri, 24 Dec 2021
'We shouldn't be so harsh on Boris Johnson. He's done such a lot to revive the Dickensian way of celebrating Christmas,' said Bob Cratchit's son, Tiny Tim.
An excellent piece of writing Paul. Amusing from start to finish.
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