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Weston Park Brings Back Memories For Alfred N Muggins
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18/11/22 Alfred goes to the famous Park in his home city, walking the dog, as usual, but what better way to explore the past and present of your own...
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Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 6 : In The Mudbath at Dalyan!
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May 2022 Written 17/5/22 (11/7/22) There were people, a large party, possibly from Iran, on the large boat, who had enjoyed some dancing on the boat...
Ch.19 Campaigns : Part 3 The Arts and Vidnet (Marta and Gallanol In The Modern Age)
24/2/99 In group meetings ideas were proposed for the encouragement of the arts and reading. Writers had suffered in the last century or so, and...
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Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 5 : At The Mudbath at Dalyan!
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May 2022 Written 17/5/22 (11/7/22) As always Alfred could not just go straight into the mudbath, as many of the boat passenger tourists were doing...
Mudbath! (The Ultimate Day Trip Of All Possible Day Trips!) by Alfred N. Muggins (from his recent holiday in Marmaris, Turkey!) Part 4b : (Journey Upriver To The Tombs From Turtle Beach)
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Alfred was disappointed there was to be no attempt to climb up to the Tombs to inspect them. Perhaps the ghosts of the Carians, Persians, or others...
Your poem is reminding me a
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
Your poem is reminding me a little of Bruce Springsteen's 'The River'. The new year is like the high expectations at the beginning which turns into the river of life as the year (or life!) passes/flows. I like the imagery you have used! Happy new...
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I like this poem and how it
Posted on Sat, 01 Jan 2022
I like this poem and how it marries optimism with the regressive effects of the pandemic and decline of our health and social systems. You express the mixed feelings of entering the new year at this time! Happy New Year nonetheless!
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I read this to my wife this
Posted on Fri, 24 Dec 2021
I read this to my wife this morning with our first cup of tea in bed, my first full reading of it, and we both enjoyed it. I like the way you have turned Boris into Scrooge with the ghosts of christmases, past, present and future. Mrs Thatcher...
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I have suspended my Christmas
Posted on Wed, 29 Dec 2021
I have suspended my Christmas chill-out to read this contemplative and sad poem! (briefly!) But you do have the feelings of the graveyard here perfectly. We must try to remember our dead as we would hope to be remembered ourselves. It occurs to...
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This reminds me of holidays I
Posted on Fri, 10 Dec 2021
This reminds me of holidays I have been on, and observations to be made on them. It is very funny, and familiar too. I like the way you observe the characters, all from their particular regions or backgrounds, and then realise that some of them...
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Thanks for your entertaining
Posted on Thu, 16 Dec 2021
Thanks for your entertaining and thought provoking questions, and for reading and commenting Turlough. I guess Marie Antoinette did say the right thing after all, even if it wasn't enough to save her from the guillotine! Although if I have not...
Read full commentPosted 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
I enjoyed this poem! You
Posted on Thu, 16 Dec 2021
I enjoyed this poem! You eloquently sum up much of what it is to become older.
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I did enjoy your poem when I
Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021
I did enjoy your poem when I first read it before, but the music, speech, and video certainly put another slant on it! It feels like an Englishman, or Yorkshireman's take on life, matters of taste and personal choice, but even more humourous with...
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This really is a great
Posted on Thu, 02 Dec 2021
This really is a great explanation and summary of what is taking place in people smuggling, and in desperate migration, and it happens not only in the English Channel but in various places around the world. As an appreciation of what so many must...
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Interesting and evocative
Posted on Tue, 16 Nov 2021
Interesting and evocative snapshot of life in Bulgaria. It sounds like it has plenty of character, and perhaps more variety or surprises than places that have been capitalist or western for longer?
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