GlosKat
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A Pen y ffrwd love story
Sometimes I run up the hill, and sometimes I ride Khyber up there. Now I am sitting on the Pen y ffrwd hillside looking out over the long grass of...
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Season of Mists
We walk through the park, holding hands, out of habit. Together. Apart. The November air has that kind of stillness you only get in autumn. Not just...
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Death on the Beach
Written after I saw a French and Saunders skit on the iconic scene where the Knight plays chess with Death on the beach, from Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal . This has been previously posted on ABC, so it might look familiar. There are a few stories I'm putting back up.
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Some You Win ..
'Would you like a beer', asks the host. I think he's called Mark. I open my mouth but before I can speak, James says 'She doesn't drink'. He tries to...
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Working in the book section
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
Working in the book section of the charity shop is great though. I get introduced to all sorts of new (to me) authors. Somebody local must be into contemporary Japanese literature written by women, because three have come in recently - ...
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Jane Austen said much the
Posted on Wed, 25 Feb 2026
Jane Austen said much the same sort of thing as Jim Jarmusch.
Thanks for the recommendation. I've just ordered the Joseph Mitchell book, and also John McNulty's This Place On Third Avenue, which is on my recommendation list and I...
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Semiotics
Posted on Tue, 24 Feb 2026
Semiotics. One of my favourite subjects. The art of reading - or misreading - signals.
Your story is so well written and very gripping. I was wondering all the way through how it would end. Loved it.
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Brilliant writing, you
Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2026
Brilliant writing, you portray the atmosphere of tension and doubt and agression so well. I really like the fact you're hinting at some bigger picture, how "Everything’s fraying. You can’t pretend this is normal" but you leave it dangling, a...
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Cheesey gen
Posted on Fri, 13 Feb 2026
Thanks for all the cheesey gen Turlough. As a cheeseaholic I find that very interesting. I will try that Tesco kashkaval when it comes in. It doesn't sound too unhealthy, it's got loads less saturated fat than cheddar. Although dairy products...
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Daisy and Dino
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
Death and taxes are said to be the only two certainties in life, but at least you can joke about death, I never heard anyone make a joke about the Inland Revenue, but well done for trying ...
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My dad was at the Wembley
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
My dad was at the Wembley match in 1953 (he was 25), when Hungary smashed England 6-3 and stunned not just the English players and spectators but the entire country. He's 97 now and remembers it very well - he says the England team considered...
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Thank you Turlough. I
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2026
Thank you Turlough. I remember being on holiday in Turkey, and driving out of the towns we would see very young girls, just teenagers, standing in the lay-bys. Our driver told us, in a very matter of fact way, they were waiting for the lorry...
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Colin
Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026
Did you give him a name Jenny ? He reminded me of Colin the Caterpillar Cake ...
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So true to life !
Posted on Thu, 12 Feb 2026
This is all so much like I remember our holiday driving down to a caravan in Devon in the 1960's, in a hired Zephyr. Me in the front passenger seat with Trotty the daschound on my lap, his head stuck out the quarterlight (remember them ?), his...
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