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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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6°C
Posted on Thu, 25 Sep 2025
Sorry for the delay IPFN. I've been away for a couple of weeks but catching up now. It's still pleasantly warm and sunny in Bulgaria but where we were in Donegal it was cold, wet and windy most of the time. If that saying 'a change is as good as...
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Florence
Posted on Thu, 25 Sep 2025
Hello Jenny.
The pet situation has been very stressful lately, particularly during the last week or so. Watch this space for more news and hang on to your hat.
Have you ever seen the film Florence Foster Jenkins in which Meryl...
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Never
Posted on Sun, 24 Aug 2025
It seems like forever and ever they've been saying never again.
I like the clever way you've used powerful words to cover just about every aspect of how mankind has gone about destroying itself. It's a pity mankind itself isn't a bit...
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Reassurance
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
I think every writer finds reassurance in the knowledge that they aren't the only ones who suffer from writer's block. Your words of self-reassurance are certainly reassuring to me. So thank you for that Jenny.
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Welcome
Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2025
I hope the new Jacks of this world make a better job of it than we have done, for new Jack's sake.
A beautiful poem to go with a beautiful event.
Welcome Jack.
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The Fog on the Severn
Posted on Tue, 19 Aug 2025
Sounds of things like pebbles rolling downhill and mystery girls creeping up from behind are always louder in the still of a foggy day. Your description of the scene contributes to a gripping build up to her arrival, so I'm looking forward to...
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Jeremy Clarkson's internal organs
Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2025
I could probably accept Jeremy Clarkson's kidney if there were no others available anywhere in the world and as long as he wasn't still attached to it.
I'm really pleased that you've got two new kittens. I didn't like to say before...
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In conquered lands...
Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2025
With every passing day these words become more relevant. As the bloated bellies of the honchos expand, so does the number of those dining with the dead.
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Lovely
Posted on Thu, 14 Aug 2025
Lovely words depicting a lovely day.
Nice one Jenny.
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Technicolour dreams
Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2025
A phenomenon not easy to describe in words but you've risen to the task beautifully Paul.
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