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My Perfect Zombie
Dallying in Donegal and dabbling in Derry. The penultimate of a fair few parts.
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Ardara Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part seven of nine, probably.
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Our Little Owen Man
Becoming a grandfather’s such a doddle. I’ve done it three times now without even getting out of the armchair.
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Ooze Next?
Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part six of nine, maybe ten, but certainly not eleven.
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Early Lateness
If I could turn back time, I’d write a song about it.
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The B52s
Posted on Thu, 07 May 2026
If they’re still using the same B50s and B52s that I saw at Fairford back in the days when they were bombing Belgrade they’re probably running on coal. They were the ones that bombed Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos in the 1960s.
It’s peaceful...
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Offenbach Kickers
Posted on Wed, 06 May 2026
There's a German fourth-tier men's football team called Offenbach Kickers. I wish they'd qualify for a European competition and get themselves on the telly so I can see if they play in frilly petticoats and stockings with garters. They could...
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How Orpheus!
Posted on Wed, 06 May 2026
The place where Orpheus emerged from Hades, (leaving his lovely missus, Eurydice, behind) is known as the Devil’s Throat Cave and it’s near to the mountain village of Yagodina in southern Bulgaria. So the River Styx that represents the boundary...
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Cosmic!
Posted on Mon, 20 Apr 2026
Great words from our very own cosmic poet.
Nice one Paul.
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Housey! Housey!
Posted on Tue, 14 Apr 2026
Is this the old house in Plovdiv that you're flying over or the new one in Krichim?
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Dating Dinosaurs
Posted on Fri, 10 Apr 2026
Is there a word for having carnal knowledge of an extinct species? This is very funny but it was probably for the best that you stopped where you did.
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Smile
Posted on Wed, 08 Apr 2026
It's really nice to know I put a smile on your face Jenny. But wouldn't a big bowl of rhubarb crumble or a bag of hot cross buns put a smile on your face too? It would me.
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Danger
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2026
Thank you Paul.
I believe that if everyone just sat at home scribbling about their day, leaving their ballistic missile propped up in the shed beside their strimmer, and calmly watched Leeds United making a meal of getting past West Ham in...
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Diurnal arcs at twelve o'clock
Posted on Tue, 07 Apr 2026
I loved...
she mentally noted the degree of the sun on its diurnal arc estimating that lunchtime neared
I hate to steal but I'll be slipping that into the conversation tomorrow morning around 11:30 in our kitchen.
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Oil
Posted on Mon, 06 Apr 2026
I’ve only just twigged why an oil tank would need to be protected. We don’t have oil or gas here for heating homes. There’s only wood or electricity, both of which are slowly but steadily increasing in price. I suppose it’s because we no longer...
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