In our local book club last week, we had a quiz, to kick things off. The book club theme was Oranges, so the quiz had 9 purported titles. You had to mark the ones you thought were real books, who wrote them, if you marked them as books. Others were films, LP- I mean albums, or other cultural things. One was a red herring. (Should have been orange, eh?) Last Week's Oranges. Now, that answer is a real one. [Image source Wikipedia Commons placed in the public domain by Downtowngal ]
This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 14 Mar 2022
A splendid depiction of ourselves as a parasitic blight on Gaia itself. Skilfully done and with possibly the first use of 'Agrestal' I've ever seen in a poem.
Read full commentPlease share and or retweet this splendid poem if you can.
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One of the hard truths
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022
is that our armed forces are not up to contributing to a coalition force at the same level as that which went to Iraq. Or indeed to Afghanistan. This is fine. Limiting defence spending to sufficient to defend the realm is sensible. Just don't...
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Strange and evocative
Posted on Thu, 18 Nov 2021
There is great beauty in your work. Looking forward to your collection.
E x
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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2021
What if, indeed. This great piece from a returning contributor is the story of the lucky escape we get most times we buy a ticket and how we overthink things.
Why not share and/or retweet if you like it too, dear readers?
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Ah yes,
Posted on Mon, 06 Sep 2021
what a double-edged sword that big win might be!
You have a typo in the penultimate stanza "op-des" vice "op-eds".
Really splendid writing, Ed.
E x
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Excellent.
Posted on Wed, 17 Mar 2021
Very fine. Whimsical, I agree.
You have a missing apostrophe at line 5 in "Willows favourite".
Always best to keep the fantastic rooted in the everyday. You do that well here.
Well done.
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I am
Posted on Mon, 09 Nov 2020
speechless. Or at least written-wordless. This bears many more than several readings.
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There will be
Posted on Mon, 10 Feb 2020
...but as you know I'm writing Moffat III at the moment (12,000 words and counting). I always have a vanity project going, whilst I'm writing a novel. It helps to dive off into something else completely unrelated. Usually, The Picture Ranch or...
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Ah well,
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2019
don't we know? "This is John, he...we used to know each other." Joan is about 19, John has been away for 20 years.
Read full commentYes, I know people don't like holes, but I do like clues, rather than telling everything.
Anyway, glad you liked it...
Posted in A Polka Dot Dress
It's the mothballs
Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017
I remember, and the faint smell of Lion pee and Turkish Delight.... hahaha. I do not know anyone who has never explored their parents' wardrobe. When I was 8, my dad's wardrobe had hundreds of football programmes from the 40's and 50's; Rangers...
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