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I have 203 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 697816 times and 284 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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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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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

We bought a Lamborghini (or maybe a Fiat… it’s definitely Italian).
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Cherry

Holiday on Ice

It's like being on a real holiday but without any danger of having to talk to people over breakfast.
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Cherry

A Midsummer Night’s Apocalypse

When you sit through a storm…
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Cherry

This Sort of Thing - May 2024 - Three Dart Finish

Words are stupid, words are fun. Words can ward off fierce nuns.
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Cherry

This Sort of Thing - May 2024 - Up to the Oche

Words of nuance, words of skill. Words when Leeds have lost four-nil.
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836 of my comments have received 887 Great Feedback votes

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Weather or not

Posted on Thu, 15 May 2025

I used to treasure the words of my dear old Nan from Sunderland but I could never agree with her 'Cast ne'er a clout 'til May is out' proverb.

My determination to wear shorts and sandals from April to October means that sometimes a...

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Posted in Facing Adversary A Medieval Winter

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Retirement

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2025

This is all very interesting stuff Harry. Good on you for getting through it all and good on you for sharing such personal information. You deserve a happy retirement and from what you've described of your stress-filled past, I'm sure you're...

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Posted in The Rest of My Life: The End of Work

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Surfin' Safari

Posted on Sun, 11 May 2025

I enjoyed this Jenny. I always enjoy the way you relive your memories through poetry.

This one could be retitled Five Meet the Beach Boys, by Enid Blyton. 

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Posted in On Godrevy Beach

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Just checking

Posted on Mon, 12 May 2025

These lines worried me...

 

Do you check your phone before you pee in the morning or while you pee?   

and

That stuff can wait until the evening,

 

Do you mean the phone checking can...

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Posted in The Rest of My Life: Retirement Day!

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Pick of the Dream Pops

Posted on Thu, 08 May 2025

It must be very difficult for any musical performers from Mullingar to succeed, living as they do in the shadow of the immortal Joe Dolan. So fair play to the Gone Forevers. I'm glad their lyrics are in Swedish. I wish Abba could have done the...

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Posted in That's Dream Pop

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Marillion

Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025

Oooh, thanks very much indeed Jenny. Your comment is almost as long as my post.

When I worked in Bristol there was a colleague who had previously been a roadie for Marillion and, as a consequence, Marillion agreed to be the live band at...

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Posted in The Fish on the Hill

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And now for my next tick...

Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025

Ah now, I'm delighted by this news. I've been confined to the house most of the day by a huge thunderstorm so this has fair cheered me up.

Many thanks to you, your cat and your blackbird. 

 

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Posted in The Fish on the Hill

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Bravo!

Posted on Tue, 06 May 2025

Very well done Jane. Fingers crossed here for the book. Unlike IPFN, I do have a hat to eat if it doesn't get published but hats tend to give me indigestion, especially sombreros.

And it will get published anyway.

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Posted in Parcel for You - Part 61 (the end)

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Ar Zhao

Posted on Wed, 07 May 2025

Ayup ar Zhao! Is tha lakin' at snooker terneet?

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Energetic

Posted on Thu, 01 May 2025

Isn't energetic just the perfect word for describing the spring?

A great poem Jenny. Congratulations on all the accolades.

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Posted in Triumphant Folly In The Park

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