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Terence Mullan

 

The toothless old widow who sits beneath the pomegranate tree in the square confided in me, ‘Snow and ice in April will hurt the tender shoots of our hostas but they’ll return even stronger under the Balkan sunshine’s healing rays.’ The old man sitting beside her with a cigarette lodged neatly in one of the gaps in his front teeth casually added, ‘Hosta la vista, baby!’

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This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - L'ouverture

Words in papers, words in books. Words once sung by Elkie Brooks.
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Cherry

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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Cherry

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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706 of my comments have received 739 Great Feedback votes

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Firefly fellas

Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024

They're lovely little fellas Jenny, and a bit intriguing the first time you see one. It's like being in a cinema with a tiny usherette with a tiny torch.

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Great writing Paul, as always

Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024

Great writing Paul, as always, and very funny.

The possibility that alien life forms on other planets might be fans of heavy metal rock band, Saxon, is surely an indicator that it's time for us to halt our space exploration programmes....

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Posted in Unleashed

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Miffy

Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024

Brilliant words Paul, describing just how bedtime stories are meant to be.

From my experience the bedtime stories were read to get the kids off to sleep but halfway through I would often hear the words 'Dad! Dad! Wake up! You haven't...

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Hello Di.

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Hello Di.

Our hedgehogs have always lived here so I suppose they're used to the weather but I think yours might struggle a bit here during our summers. I can never understand how our wildlife survives the huge range of temperature that we...

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Posted in Don't Mess with a Meteorology Man

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Excellent stuff!

Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024

Extremely well written Paul. I await part two with gleeful anticipation.

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Posted in Ghostbot (Part One of Two)

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Les vacances de Monsieur et Madame Muggins

Posted on Mon, 19 Aug 2024

I hope Alfred and his chère épouse will be able to replenish their croissant supply before the paralympics commence in Paris next week.

We're in mourning in our house at the moment due to the expiry in the last few days of legendary French...

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Posted in Alfred N.Muggins Becomes An Honourary Frenchman After Watching The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics! : Part 2

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Trust

Posted on Sun, 18 Aug 2024

I understand you completely Jenny. It's aways an emotionally overwhelming feeling when animals approach us, signifying that they trust us. Even if they probably only want some food it's still great to feel that connection with them.

A...

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Swans

Posted on Sun, 18 Aug 2024

A really nice poetic description of life around a lake. I like this and I like your photograph too.

There's something really special about swans. People say they can break your arm but I've never seen them show any more aggression than a...

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App attack!

Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024

A seasoned (or marinated) diarist, who was probably me, once wrote... 

With a book in my hand and demonic android device in my bin, that’ll be the day that I die. And as I’m lowered into a hole amongst nettles where my bones will enrich...

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Posted in A Martian Sends a Postcard Home 2024

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Too BIG

Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024

You've really captured the attitude of all those small people with BIG cars who are collectively a BIG irritation, a BIG nuisance on the roads and a BIG factor when considering damage to the environment.

The BIG question is why do they...

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