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Based on a #NaPoWriMo Prompt "Start with a lie..." Had a bit of a fiddle with this. (I can count on the number of fingers of scotch in Dorothy P's tumbler how often I do that, I churn them out and leave them. Now I know why.
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Builds well.
Posted on Tue, 14 Apr 2020
I wonder if you could have strung (ho,ho) the reader along a little longer. Not reveal that there are no strings quite yet. No matter. I'd be interested to read part II. Some might protest that your piece is a little over-written, but I think,...
to be working on Moffat III, but changes at Unbound mean that it probably won't be accepted for publication, so I've kind of lost enthusiasm for it. Moffat II No Good Deed is on the final straight before publishing in September, Covid-19...
a classical education, recognising the names of planets' obscure moons. That suggests Boris would be quite at home, Trump perhaps would not. Although I admit both deserve to be under the Lord of the Underworld's aegis.
Anyway. I love this...
stuff. How marvellous that Spartak Moscow is quite a villainous chap, as back in the bad old days their football team was full of soldiers who were quite villainous themselves.
I do like the bold type for certain things that would have...
that's about soup - and contains surprises just like the catch-all soup our (grand)parents made from leftovers and whatever they grew- is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share AND retweet if you like it too?
humour is the only antidote to extremism... Where are the satirists? They should be firing broadsides port and starboard, the answer to the rise of the right is most definitely not a jump to the left, despite what Frank'N'Furter says.
Ah...
Builds well.
Posted on Tue, 14 Apr 2020
I wonder if you could have strung (ho,ho) the reader along a little longer. Not reveal that there are no strings quite yet. No matter. I'd be interested to read part II. Some might protest that your piece is a little over-written, but I think,...
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I'm supposed
Posted on Wed, 01 Apr 2020
to be working on Moffat III, but changes at Unbound mean that it probably won't be accepted for publication, so I've kind of lost enthusiasm for it. Moffat II No Good Deed is on the final straight before publishing in September, Covid-19...
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Laughter
Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2020
in the dark, I know, but it's still laughter. Thanks for making me laugh out loud.
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The beauty of
Posted on Wed, 19 Feb 2020
a classical education, recognising the names of planets' obscure moons. That suggests Boris would be quite at home, Trump perhaps would not. Although I admit both deserve to be under the Lord of the Underworld's aegis.
Read full commentAnyway. I love this...
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Congratulations!
Posted on Tue, 04 Feb 2020
You get better and better at this kind of beautiful, bucolic poetry and that's why it is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
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Splendid
Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019
stuff. How marvellous that Spartak Moscow is quite a villainous chap, as back in the bad old days their football team was full of soldiers who were quite villainous themselves.
I do like the bold type for certain things that would have...
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I voted every
Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2019
time whilst I lived in Spain until they said I couldn't. Why wouldn't I vote now? Despite what the poem says.
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This gorgeous piece
Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2019
that's about soup - and contains surprises just like the catch-all soup our (grand)parents made from leftovers and whatever they grew- is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share AND retweet if you like it too?
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Madcap
Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019
humour is the only antidote to extremism... Where are the satirists? They should be firing broadsides port and starboard, the answer to the rise of the right is most definitely not a jump to the left, despite what Frank'N'Furter says.
Read full commentAh...
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Sad and Wistful
Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019
laughter in the dark. I hope it makes you feel better, because it does me - and I expect it does everyone with any sense who reads it. Brava!
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