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Terence Mullan
I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
My stories
Water Water Everywhere
The first sixteen days of October’s Bulgarian fun.
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Street Dreams
Middlesbrough, the town of my recurring dreams.
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Dolly Blue Monday
She'd never had it so good.
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At Home with the Rhizomes
Back to life. Back to reality. Back to writing exactly one hundred words per day.
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Saturday Night's Alright for Peaches
As I swilled back a final deoch an dorais in the cosy and serenely atmospheric old bar, my mind was puzzled by how much a city could have changed in under half a century. Or perhaps it was me and my mind that had changed.
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Mythical
Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2026
I always think spelling faerie the archaic way and including words like caper make a poem sound more mythical, and a bit of a dance brings it to life too. Here you’ve done all that, so you’ve described the fantasy celebration of autumn perfectly...
Read full commentPosted in A Seasonal Dance
Sad reality
Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2026
When I was the sort of person who went out each day to earn a crust, many of my clients were very ill, or elderly, or both, and consequently, down the years I saw a great many of them die. That wasn’t a shock to me, but something I found strange...
Read full commentPosted in Autumn Release
The Cycling Club
Posted on Sun, 20 Sep 2026
I love the names of the cycling club’s bands. Having known in the past the sort of people who might be members, that made me laugh. I’m going to start telling people I have a macchiato belt in Ikebana.
And all those years I lived in...
Read full commentPosted in Old Walls - Part 2
Migration
Posted on Sun, 20 Sep 2026
Thank you very much Jane. I’m very grateful for your kind words.
The mass migration of various species amazes me too. It’s incredible how they know to do it, and where to go, and when to go back. I love that our village is part of the...
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Bees
Posted on Sun, 20 Sep 2026
Who doesn't love the bees? So 'God’s perfect little time machines' sums them up so well.
Lovely poem!
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Sligo
Posted on Sat, 19 Sep 2026
Benbulben’s such a gorgeous mountain that, to me, looks like it was designed to fit all those folklore tales.
I wonder where you’re going next with this. The sadness in the house together with the mention of the Tans are strong clues.
Read full commentPosted in For Present Company
But only if...
Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2026
It’s wonderful to see you writing again Jenny, as you yourself have been greatly missed.
Despite the awful side effects, the millions of tablets you’re taking must be doing some good, even if it doesn’t seem like it at the time. I’m hoping...
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Brenda Frickers
Posted on Mon, 14 Sep 2026
They'll be down the back of the settee. Or maybe you're wearing them. Or did you lend them to someone, and they never gave them back?
And what's their half-life? They don't last forever, you know. I had some that completely disintegrated...
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Nice surprise
Posted on Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Hello Jenny.
Thank you for your comment. It was great to hear from you, as always.
And thank too for your concern. The lump on my nose was what the doctor thought was the most common cancer in the world but now it’s turned out to be...
Read full commentPosted in La Vie En Nose
Ludo etc.
Posted on Wed, 09 Sep 2026
Thank you very much Airy.
We were really upset to see Ludo go but the strange thing is that the other cats seem to have stopped fighting amongst each other since he went. It’s as if his problems were putting him in a constant bad mood that...
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