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New Directions (13)
With Dev hanging on to the door handle with one hand and thumping the window with the other I couldn’t drive away without injuring him. Before the...
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Catch-me-if-you-can
Painting of Will-o-the-wisp by Herman Hendrich from wiki commons
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New Directions (12)
Barry Stokes isn’t easily fazed. I was banking on him figuring out how to make a few quid from my visit. Word would already be out. Pretty soon...
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New Directions (11)
After Dev got over his initial shock things calmed down and we were able to have a sensible discussion. I handed over Celia’s cheque. Irina took all...
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New Directions (10)
When Dev asked, ‘What are we going to do about this?’ I knew I’d get sucked in if I couldn’t find a way out. After his wife brought the tray with...
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Know it well
Posted on Sun, 16 Oct 2022
A green oasis ringed by major duel carriageway roads and the M1. Surrounded by housing estates. Just up the road from a massive Tescos.
Good place to chill out and catch your breath
Posted a crime story based around Tescos Mereway a...
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Beautiful poem about a beautiful bird
Posted on Sun, 25 Sep 2022
I was unaware of mythes surrounding the Hoopeo but it's hardly surprising.
I always wanted to see this rare visitor to the UK and I was so pleased when I lived in Las Palmas Gran Canaria they frequently visited the gardens around my...
Read full commentPosted in The Ghost of The Bird
Walking Willies taking over the World
Posted on Tue, 20 Sep 2022
Interesting thought, maybe it's happened already
this certainly is the year
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don't have pounds will you take euros with her pic on them?
Posted on Wed, 14 Sep 2022
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Wonderful poem about a wonderfully intelligent bird family
Posted on Sat, 03 Sep 2022
We have Jackdaws and Magpies in the garden. I like to watch the way the Jackdaws appear to respect the Maggies. The local cats so often the butt of the Magpies' jokes.
When I lived in East Anglia it was great to see the Rooks in packs...
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Thank you very much Di
Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022
My Beagle is nine and a half now. When the family chose a Beagle I was not too keen. I was/am a Labrador man.
My brother-in-law didn't understand why they chose a dog with its nose virtually permanently on the ground. However, there is...
Read full commentPosted in The Tip of a Fur Coated Iceberg
Thanks Ewan
Posted on Thu, 11 Aug 2022
I have an iPhone but I don't use it for posting or editing.
Microsoft in their wisdom downloaded four updates yesterday which my poor (getting tired) laptop struggled to install. Maybe something's gone squiffy.
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Have had a problem with catcha when you edited? It happens 2me2
Posted on Wed, 10 Aug 2022
good poem capturing (no pun intended) a scary and annoying scene. Brought back memories of a similar incident when we were on holiday in the South of France some years back
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Such a sad sight when trees are ripped from the ground
Posted on Tue, 09 Aug 2022
regardless of the reason, good or bad. I've had to cut a few trees down and also dispatch rabbits terribly sick with mixamatosis, the fact its the best solution doesn't help. This poem seems to me to illustrate that unease we feel.
Feeding...
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Homo Sapiens - the most stupid species on earth
Posted on Wed, 03 Aug 2022
No other animal destroys its only means of survival.
Read full commentPosted in How ******* Stupid Can You Get?
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