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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.
I saw David Bowie in Glasgow
Posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2021
I saw David Bowie in Glasgow in 1978. The previous evening I saw Thin Lizzy at the same venue. It was also the weekend of the World Cup Semi Finals in Argentina (unmissable on the telly at the time) and the weather was hot and sunny. Quite a...
Read full commentPosted in Playlist: For a Road Trip in Spring
This is clever stuff. I
Posted on Thu, 09 Dec 2021
This is clever stuff. I really enjoyed reading it.
My favourite bit was ...
Steve
which made me laugh out loud.
Read full commentPosted in Santa in Therapy
An excellent reminder of how
Posted on Wed, 08 Dec 2021
An excellent reminder of how little respect we have for these miracles of nature that will (or at least should) outlive us.
I really enjoyed reading your poem.
Oh, and congratulations on your golden cherries.
Read full commentPosted in The Pollarded Willows
It saddens me deeply to think
Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021
It saddens me deeply to think that people's lives that have been filled with terror should end in this way.
I enjoyed (if enjoyed is the right word) your account of what might happen in such circumstances. It's a difficult subject to...
Read full commentPosted in The Journey. Part One.
A long time ago I worked on
Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021
A long time ago I worked on ships and was often rebuked for my lack of respect for nautical terms. I found it quite ridiculous that these ships each had a poop deck and I made childish remarks about what might go on there until one day, in a...
Read full commentPosted in Long John Santa and the Christmasola
Trees are the lungs of our
Posted on Tue, 07 Dec 2021
Trees are the lungs of our planet and consequently very precious to us.
I really like the respect you show for them in your poem. It's what they deserve.
Read full commentPosted in Trees
I don't think the problem
Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021
I don't think the problem will ever be fixed Jenny. Environmental organisations and the European Union are putting pressure on the Bulgarian government to ban wood burning stoves completely but they are doing nothing to help ordinary people find...
Read full commentPosted in Copse and Robbers
Indeed! The bog people are a
Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021
Indeed! The bog people are a good comparison.
Impoverished Bulgarians, for me, are a bit like the grannies of the Inuit people, pushed out to die on the ice so that they are no longer a burden to the younger, healthier family members who...
Read full commentPosted in Copse and Robbers
Once again very good.
Posted on Mon, 06 Dec 2021
Once again very good.
But how long can you keep it up?
I suspect 17 might be a struggle but I have every confidence in you Rhiannon.
Good on you!
Read full commentPosted in 6
Hello Di.
Posted on Sat, 04 Dec 2021
Hello Di.
D is for 'definitely very good'.
Your line ...
blind symbol of peace
made me think ...
Has anyone ever asked a dove if it is happy to be a symbol of peace?
Keep up the good work. I'm...
Read full commentPosted in D is for Dove (Decoration and Real)
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