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791 of my comments have received 837 Great Feedback votes

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Hello Jenny.

Posted on Tue, 21 Dec 2021

Hello Jenny.

This is a lovely poem which brings to mind the chaos that I'm sure we would experience if we really could turn back time.

I liked your line

unaware those last goodbyes

which, for me would be the...

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Your words …

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

Your words …

plastic sawn off arms

really made me laugh.

Sawn off arms of any kind shouldn’t make us laugh but I know exactly what you mean.

Good on your lady in the post office for giving you the tinsel. It’s...

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A tricky subject. I can see

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

A tricky subject. I can see both sides of the argument.

But also ...

The Red lion, The Crown, Royal Oak, White Oak, White Hart, The Swan, The Plough, The Bell, Rose & Crown, The Star, Cross Keys, Travellers Rest, The George...

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You really make your words do

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

You really make your words do the work. So few of them describe so much.

I really like the plastic starlight bit

I've never been a fan of tinsel but I'm looking at it in a different way now.

and 

wild ...

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Nice words for two different

Posted on Fri, 17 Dec 2021

Nice words for two different creatures. Different but always beautiful and graceful ... the words and the creatures.

In Bulgaria we have different names for both. A reindeer is a severen elen (северен елен) which translates...

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Posted in R is for Reindeer and Roe deer

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Secret beaches are the most

Posted on Fri, 17 Dec 2021

Secret beaches are the most wonderful places and being by the sea in winter is always something to treasure as the chances of being alone are even greater. Your words bring the location and atmosphere to life perfectly and bring back memories of...

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Aww, I loved Kirsty MacColl.

Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021

Aww, I loved Kirsty MacColl. It was 21 years ago yesterday that she was killed in Mexico. It broke my heart and I still get a touch of the old melancholy when I listen to her albums.

I loved the Pogues too and saw them perform live many...

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Madame Euveur

Posted on Thu, 16 Dec 2021

My partner is French. I call her Priyatelka which is the Bulgarian word for partner or girlfriend. We live in Bulgaria so our conversations tend to take place in a combination of English, French and Bulgarian languages together with a...

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And Billy J. Kramer?

Posted on Thu, 16 Dec 2021

It’s not just the mind of Alfred N. Muggins that is boggling. Mine boggles too as I try to get to grips with the following …

If Marie Antoinette had said ‘Give them a suburban garden and a washing machine’ would this quote have stood the...

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Posted in Alfred N.Muggins : The Man Responsible For Bringing Fact and Fiction Together! (In A New Way) : Remolding and Renovating History : Part 3 : Evolution Not Revolution

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You're exactly right Di.

Posted on Wed, 15 Dec 2021

You're exactly right Di. Happiness abounds in our little Malki Chiflik home.

To add to this we got another cat today. We found him all alone in the street in town, shivering in the icy rain. The vet said he's about three months old. We've...

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