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The Rest of My Life: Fate Accompli
Everything is different because of everything else I came across that line this morning in the book I'm currently reading. It's one of those lines...
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The Rest of My Life: First Day...
Monday, 8th September 1975 That was the day the then callow 16-year-old me started work. Fifty years ago, bar the shouting. We were living in Devon...
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The Rest of My Life: Thinking...
6:00 am Howling cat fed. Now it's time for my first coffee, then my quiet half-hour in the armchair. As usual, once her bowl's empty, Daisy comes in...
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The Rest of My Life: Topsy
Mum had a dog. An over-sized border collie that I bought for her on her birthday 16 years ago. She was overjoyed from the moment she saw it, giving...
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The Rest of My Life: Windchimes
Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...
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Yes, I agree. I watched a
Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025
Yes, I agree. I watched a video the other day of a free concert REM gave in downtown Toronto in 2002. The streets were jam-packed. From the stage perspective, all you could see was a vast ocean of happy, smiling faces - people dancing, singing...
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Thanks, airyfairy, for your
Posted on Wed, 04 Jun 2025
Thanks, airyfairy, for your thoughtful and balanced response. I admit that it goes against the grain for me to feel a certain level of indifference to these tragedies. It's complicated - and in that sense I can understand how my words can be seen...
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Where have the pubs like that
Posted on Sun, 01 Jun 2025
Where have the pubs like that gone? None around here. Gastros with kids running around.
Loved it. I'm reading a lot today that's bringing a thirst on I'd better not quench!
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Trouble with bagels is there
Posted on Sat, 31 May 2025
Trouble with bagels is there's always this big bit missing in the middle, where the jam should go!
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Thanks, Di. I'm glad he
Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025
Thanks, Di. I'm glad he seems real. I rarely try third-person narrators, but it feels right for this. Gives a bit of distance. I do quite like him myself. Check out 'bardo' and see if it gives a clue!
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Yes. They have to do that
Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025
Yes. They have to do that now. Leave it too long and the rumours and lies soon start spreading. Not confined to an area any more, though - but globally. Like the Southport riots. Willingly stirred by the likes of Elon Musk, too. I suppose it...
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Another shocking event.
Posted on Tue, 27 May 2025
Another shocking event.
We all have mental health. Some have mental illness. And, like ethnicity, religion and the other things, it's one of those that quickly gets wheeled out. And, like the others, it creates stigma and fear. And...
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My favourite period of
Posted on Thu, 22 May 2025
My favourite period of history. You've captured it well. An authentic voice, too.
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Not enough of them, sadly.
Posted on Thu, 22 May 2025
Not enough of them, sadly.
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Sadly, mirrors never lie!
Posted on Wed, 21 May 2025
Sadly, mirrors never lie! But a lot depends on the ambient light when you look in them!
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