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Terence Mullan

Down the years I have lived in many places and I have done many jobs. Now I live in Bulgaria and the only work I do is tending to my lovely garden when the sun is shining and scribbling away in my big book of writing stuff when it is not.

I may have left it too late in life to become a famous writer or celebrated gardener but I will persevere anyway. These are the things that occupy me in a seemingly effortless and satisfying way.

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More Elaines

Elaine and I barely spoke to each other but memories of this gruff, no-nonsense woman have stayed with me for fifty years.
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This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Last Orders

Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the second part of my account of an arduous journey through February via the middle of nowhere.
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This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Early Doors

Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the first part of my account of an arduous journey from the beginning of February to the middle of February.
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Johnny Ten Levs

Johnny’s always drifting around, trying to find, alcohol.
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492 of my comments have received 511 Great Feedback votes

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Kind words, Di. Thank you.

Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023

Kind words, Di. Thank you.

If it helps you keep the giggling under control I'll read something about my involvement with the bubonic plague on 12 August. 

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Posted in Our Man in Golubac

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Ukraine

Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024

Before I write anything else I want to stress that I absolutely do not condone Putin's actions in Ukraine. 

However, here in Bulgaria we have refugees from Ukraine, but they are different to the Ukraine refugees that have fled their...

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Posted in After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)

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Worms.

Posted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023

If' you'd been in a Mexican bar you'd have been grand. 

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Posted in Lingo Bingo

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Hello Jean.

Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

Hello Jean.

I'm so sorry to hear that you didn't get the news that you were hoping for. I'm hoping your asymptomatic status continues and the chemotherapy is doing its job.

Thank you for keeping us up to date with what you're going...

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Posted in Friendly Fire

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I really like..

Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2023

I really like..

And oh, what a world full of places for foxes who know!

They are everywhere but they keep themselves to themselves. They know things that we don't know and they go places we don't go. Gorgeous creatures and...

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Posted in The Birds were Singing

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I love this Rhiannon, though

Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023

I love this Rhiannon, though it saddens me.

You've reminded me of the dear elderly people I used to visit when I was working, particularly those living in care homes. They had no desire to receive presents. What brought them happiness was...

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Posted in 104!

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Ha ha! If ever he tells you

Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023

Ha ha! If ever he tells you to get knotted he probably means he's waiting for you to turn into that tree. 

People such as Lesley Ash, Courtney Pine, Nigel Hawthorne and King Edward the Elder have already been through this process.

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Posted in wising up

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Years ago I entered a pun

Posted on Thu, 03 Aug 2023

Years ago I entered a pun writing competition in our local newspaper. I wrote one and then immediately thought of another. It was so easy I couldn't stop. Eventually I had ten of them so I sent them all off to the newspaper office in town ...

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Posted in The Vigorous Fig

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A-ha were (maybe still are) a

Posted on Sat, 15 Jul 2023

A-ha were (maybe still are) a brilliant band. I've a couple of their CDs myself. Not so fond of Geldof though.

Your words remind me of a time when I was looking through second hand CDs at a market stall near where I lived. As I browsed I...

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Posted in The Morten Harket Selfie Opportunity

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Great stuff Paul! This is a

Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022

Great stuff Paul! This is a really entertaining read though I had to keep reminding myself that it is a work of fiction.

It leaves me wondering if in the future you might be writing a piece on Boris Johnson's appearance on the television...

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Posted in Pointless Boris (Part One of Two)

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