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The Net Caster (Part Sixteen)
'I've never been asked to look for something like that,' I said. 'No Net Caster has ever been asked to look for something like that.'
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The Net Caster (Part Fifteen)
There was nothing soft about the woman sitting at the table. And how did she know my mother?
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The Net Caster (Part Fourteen)
Perhaps I could just stay here in the four poster bed, lulled by lavender and flowers and the odd bottle of Aphrodite whisky.
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The Net Caster (Part Thirteen)
Faced with a professional assassin awaiting instructions to kill me, I poured myself several glasses of whisky.
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The Net Caster (Part Twelve)
A table, a bottle of Aphrodite whisky, and two glasses. The scenario was familiar. Was this really down to dumb luck? '
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I love the whole concept of
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
I love the whole concept of this. Labels can help us to understand ourselves or others, but they can also just present us with another set of rules and parameters to conform to. Set the rainbow children free indeed. Anyone should be proud of that...
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We sang the song about the
Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2024
We sang the song about the Raggle Taggle Gypsies when I was at school, and it always fascinated me. It was one of the first songs I sang to my son when he was a baby.
'For though now older I'll not age in mind...'
Exactly. Always...
Read full commentPosted in Playful Elven Folk
Well done on this, Paul. You
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Well done on this, Paul. You've captured so much of the creeping fear we all have of where the world might be heading. The unholy meeting of minds that was the Musk/Trump face to face would have been funny except for the knowledge that some...
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Of course I clicked on the
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
Of course I clicked on the link. Ah, Oz. Them were - probably not - the days.
Hope you get your copy of the album ASAP!
Read full commentPosted in A hundred moments in autism - The Topless photo of Germaine Greer
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I feel like signing up for the next La Tomatina, as I'm sure those battle skills will indeed be useful. By chance, my dishwasher started blinking at me this morning, demanding sustenance. Between the cat and the...
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Brilliant, Turlough. I could
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Brilliant, Turlough. I could see, hear and smell him. Random conversations are some of the best experiences of life. The other day I was having a chat with the new cleaner for the communal areas of my block of flats, whom I'd never met before,...
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Very well said. I do hope the
Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024
Very well said. I do hope the winds will change soon.
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Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 23 Jul 2024
This searing and beautifully constructed poem is our Facebook and X Pick of the Day.
Picture by Lorc, copyright free on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons....
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Yes, do carry on! I really
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Yes, do carry on! I really want to know what's happening.
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Yes, no longer as picturesque
Posted on Sun, 21 Jul 2024
Yes, no longer as picturesque as you describe, Turlough, but I think they have tried to make efforts to clean it up. It still floods with great enthusiasm.
Lovely poem!
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