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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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Eight Out of Ten Bulgarians
Described at the rate of exactly one hundred words per day (which isn’t many but at least I try), this is the crazy sort of stuff I found myself doing during the latter half of November.
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A Tale of Two Balkan Cities
Described at the rate of exactly one hundred words per day, this is what Turlough Ó Maoláins do for entertainment during the first half of the November month.
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The Meeting of the Waters
A few words about my love affair with one of Europe's great rivers and her little sister.
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Kathleen’s Secret
Based on an oft-told story of my father’s. Kathleen and the hat definitely existed until the early 1960s but I’d be a fool to promise that the rest of his tale is true.
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Boško’s Clouds
You never know what might happen when you delve into an old plastic ice cream tub.
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Cherry
Posted on Mon, 01 Dec 2025
Thank you very much for the cherries Di.
Read full commentPosted in Papa’s Got a Brand New Chainsaw
Aye Aye Captain
Posted on Mon, 01 Dec 2025
I once had an interview at the British Shipping Federation office in Hull. Is that the same thing? I think it was a Mr Atkinson I spoke to. It must have been Jean-Luc’s day off.
I love wildlife but a million times more so when it’s in my...
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Black Mariah
Posted on Sun, 30 Nov 2025
Mariah's wishing dulcet tones, drowned out
The day wasn't all bad then?
Read full commentPosted in Shopping to Excess - (2025 Remix)
Interesting!
Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2025
Hello Jenny.
The extension to the trip that I mentioned would have included not only flying over the Nazca Lines but have a close up look at them at ground level. I vaguely remember the travel company (Exodus Travels) mentioning that we'd...
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Aliens
Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2025
At the time of booking I was offered the chance to extend the trip to take in an archaeological site in southern Peru called the Nazca Lines. These are vast artistic depressions in the deseart floor dating back more than two thousand years and...
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What's next?
Posted on Fri, 28 Nov 2025
I never imagined that a story about a golf course and a leaf blower could be gripping. Nice one Jane! I'm looking forward to the next bit.
Read full commentPosted in The Leaf Blower - Part 4
Ms Crawford
Posted on Sun, 23 Nov 2025
One Day I'll Fly Away... the daily thoughts of an eight-year-old Smoggie.
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Come back. Baby come back.
Posted on Tue, 25 Nov 2025
Well I hope Jesus has a second crack at the job soon and has a bit of success. Nobody else seems to have managed so they may as well give him a whirl.
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Dreaming
Posted on Sun, 23 Nov 2025
Street dreams are made of this. Who am I to disagree?
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The answer, my friend...
Posted on Tue, 25 Nov 2025
But what about Bob Dylan? You couldn't have found a cooler bloke in the day but the words of many of his songs oozed pessimism. So you might find life easier if you just tried to be like him.
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