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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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Please Tell Him That I Said Hello
The events of February 2025 (the first part) in my neck of the copse, described using my usual one hundred words per day method.
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The Lighthouse Keeper of Ras Gombo
It’s a well-known fact that seafarers staring at the sea during the hours of darkness can be hypnotised by the calming waves and the bioluminescence as their ship cuts through the water. In their half-awake half-asleep state of mind, they feel an unexplainable urge to walk to the railings, climb over and jump in. I once experienced this peculiar feeling whilst on watch on a bulk carrier sailing south through the Red Sea towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Indian Ocean beyond.
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The Sogginess of the Long-Distance Runner
A fond but terrifying recollection of my childhood sporting achievements.
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Fathoms Above
Oh I do like to be beneath the seaside.
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Shenanigans with Catkins
January 2025 (the latter part) and the things that I saw and did in my usual one hundred words per day sort of way.
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Wembley Teeth
Posted on Sat, 21 Feb 2026
I love meeting people who have witnessed historic events that nobody else around seems to have been at. That match at Wembley in 1953 must have been brilliant to see, so good on your Dad.
I used to work with a man who was at the 1966 World...
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Powerful
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
I read some wonderfully powerful words in this, especially...
It’s a shit-stained, twenty-four hour imbroglio
The way you read it with the musical backing track made it all the more dramatic.
Good on you!
Read full commentPosted in Welcome to the New World (with musical accompaniment!)
Gene
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
Poor old Jezebel. But at least Gene loves Jezebel.
We all talk to spirits in the desert. Their voices fly in the wind. And it’s better than talking to Manchester United supporters.
I was going to wish you luck for this afternoon but...
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Running
Posted on Fri, 20 Feb 2026
It was my knees that made me give up running, together with a bit of laziness, but before the niggleing pains got me I went through all the mid-life personal bests and internal competitiveness stuff that you've described. And although it...
Read full commentPosted in His Running Top
Mint tea
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2026
Hello Jenny.
Thank you for reading this. You've pretty much grasped what I had in mind but the man's not dead. He's in a desolate space somewhere with his gravestone waiting for him in the background, though it doesn't really matter how...
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Wonderful stumble
Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2026
That’s a wonderful thing to stumble upon on a walk Jenny. I can see how and why it inspired your poem. It’s amazing what interesting things we have around us that so often go unnoticed.
I haven’t had such a discovery but I love it when I...
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You never know
Posted on Wed, 18 Feb 2026
I used to be such a determined singleton that people would call me Valerie. I met another determined singleton purely by accident and that determined singleton status was the main thing that we had in common and enough to bring an end to the...
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Humanity
Posted on Fri, 06 Feb 2026
Thank you very much David.
I wish it could be different but you are right in saying that humanity is going downhill. I'm finding it deeply disturbing that so many people can be so dismissive of the discrimination and greed that are...
Read full commentPosted in They Can Only Do Harm
Ahh, Bristol!
Posted on Thu, 05 Feb 2026
Ahh, Bristol!
I hated my job in Bristol but I loved the journey to and from work. Each morning I would cycle from my house to Chippenham railway station, a journey of about three miles, most of which was along the bank of the Avon and...
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Hope
Posted on Fri, 06 Feb 2026
Of course I see goodness all around me but every day it's put more and more at risk by those in positions of power and wealth who thrive on hatred, greed and depravation. And while their genocide continues in places like Palestine and Darfur the...
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