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The Bratislava Pálava - Part Two of Two
If you missed The Bratislava Pálava - Part One, here's a link https://www.abctales.com/story/turlough/bratislava-p%C3%A1lava-part-one-two But if you...
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The Bratislava Pálava - Part One of Two
Have you ever gone away on your holidays and bumped into a foreign head of state? I’d often dreamt of sitting next to Joe Biden on a pensioners’ day...
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The Jammy Tax Dodger
When I’m settling up for what I owe when leaving a restaurant, disembarking from a taxi, admiring my newly coiffured curls in the mirror at Stanislav...
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A Viennese Whirl
A Viennese Whirl What a disappointment! We spent three whole days in this beautiful historic city but at no point did anybody offer us a Viennese...
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Trans Europe Express
We only crossed a tiny bit of Europe but in the time it took the train on which we were travelling to get from the city of Gorna Oryahovitsa in...
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Brillo
Posted on Mon, 02 Dec 2024
I've heard the pink comes from the soap in Seashore's Brillo pad.
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Revision
Posted on Sun, 01 Dec 2024
Oh, Dougie. Whenever I try to read any of my old bits of writing I end up just poking holes in them and telling myself that these days I could do a much better job. I've looked at some of the writing that I did before I joined ABC with the idea...
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Fog horn fever
Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Thanks very much Di. I'll be grand. Worse things have happened at sea... which is what I used to say when I was at sea... which is probably why I wasn't at sea very long.
There's nothing more mournful than a fog horn. I lived in Barry in...
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The Cartographer's Tale
Posted on Tue, 12 Nov 2024
Maps are like rainbows. They never truly end, even though we think they do. Wander off the edge of the map and you never know what adventure you'll find... maybe even a crock of gold.
Lovely words Paul. They make me want to go to a distant...
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Well done dear Jenny!
Posted on Thu, 07 Nov 2024
That's quite a story! And I can understand your anxiety. I'm not all that fond of hospitals so if and when the time comes I think I'd prefer to do my own hip operation at home in the kitchen.
You were very brave to go through with it,...
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Cheering
Posted on Mon, 11 Nov 2024
That's great news Ewan. You've certainly cheered me up. Thanks very much.
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The Children of Gaza
Posted on Mon, 11 Nov 2024
My heart bleeds for the upset members of the editorial board.
I love your clever and unique approach to describing these horrors that the world chooses to ignore.
Good on you!
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Goats
Posted on Mon, 28 Oct 2024
Having lived in the Balkans as long as I have, it's hard to resist a story with goats in it. The rats are a bit of a side order too.
I loved your dancing silhouettes. You create a great atmosphere with your words, sending shivers. I felt...
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Lady Grinning Soul
Posted on Mon, 07 Oct 2024
This waiting game, when
hearing melodies that bring
back those carefree impressions,
The first line of your poem brought back to me the first line of David Bowie's Lady Grinning Soul...
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Caught in a trap
Posted on Wed, 09 Oct 2024
I get your drift Luigi. I feel like a sixty-five-year-old trapped in the body of a sixty-six-year-old.
Keep up the good work!
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