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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.
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To the Lighthouse Café
Dallying in Donegal and dabbling a bit in Derry. The second of a fair few parts.
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Finding Fionnuala
Dallying in Donegal and dabbling a bit in Derry. The first of a fair few parts.
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Bring Me the Head of St. Paisius of Hilendar
The hottest days of my life… fourteen more August days… 100 words each, as usual.
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A Different Tetsubin of Sushi
The hottest days of my life… August’s first fourteen days… 100 words each, as usual.
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Mary's Missing Teapot
A few words of commiseration and respect for all those who have ever lost a teapot.
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Sticks and stones
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
Aye, I'll 'ave 'em... which is an easy thing to say from 3,000 kms away.
My thin skin grew thicker. Folks can say whatever they want these days. It's like sticks and stones off a duck's back.
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See my baby jibe
Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026
The durty skite! Did you not jibe back? I would have done. Tell me who it was and I’ll jibe for you.
But I do know from experience how receiving a bad jibe can distress the mind.
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Intolerant mess
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026
There are horror stories coming at us in all directions Jane. Ukraine is a good example as the Ukrainian refugees that came to Bulgaria are generally different to the ones that went to Western Europe. Ours are the Russian speaking Ukrainians who...
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The Troubles
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026
During the Troubles in Ireland there were indeed different brands of Christians fighting each other but they weren’t fighting over religion. The problems in the North always have been about the lack of civil rights of the Catholic / Nationalist...
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That gardener
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026
Ah you made me do LOLs multiple times. And I too am a perverted gardener, but I love the hot sunny days, as long as I'm allowed a siesta. I expect the professionals aren't allowed that luxury. Poor you!
2013 was a long time before my time...
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Ignorance
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026
I wish I knew the answer Kat, but I'm not sure there is one.
It's something that's always gone on but it seems to have become significantly worse in the last ten years, stoked up by social media access to the hate speech of the likes of...
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Two Tribes
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026
"War breaks out and nobody turns up..."
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Lambeg
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026
Exactly Kat!
If only our villagers had actually met an Indian family.
My elderly mother would never eat 'Paki food' when she came to our house so we'd tell her it was Malaysian and then she'd be fine with it. And then she...
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Immigraniada
Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026
Thank you very much.
You're right about that word migrant. I'm a migrant and so are the people on the boats fleeing war and famine. Skin pigmentation is the key feature that sets us apart. And then there are the migrants here who try to...
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Happy Mondays
Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2026
I've already done that but I wrote it in Bulgarian. It's called I Don't Like Ponedelniks.
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