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I have 179 stories published in 7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 534079 times and 247 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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Children of the Absolution

A recollection of thoughts I had during my childhood in the 1960s. I intended writing them down long before now but I was always terrified to death at the thought of the potential consequences.
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Piblokto

Piblokto: a culture-specific syndrome occurring among traditional Inuit people, particularly women, characterized by an outburst of cries or screams, the removal of clothing, and seeming possession by a bird or animal spirit. Scientists believe that the causes include extreme cold and a lack of sunlight.
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This Sort of Thing - November 2023 – Second Half

Fyodor Dostoevsky once said. ‘The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.’ With this in mind I have taken to revealing on the worldwide web the contents of my journal once (maybe twice) a month, allowing fellow worldwide webbers to judge the level of foolery and share their opinion.
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This Sort of Thing - November 2023 - First Half

In the words of the great philosopher and visionary, Ronan Keating, 'Life is a rollercoaster, you’ve just got to ride it.' But I'm more inclined to believe that life is a dodgem ride.
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764 of my comments have received 810 Great Feedback votes

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The Elves

Posted on Mon, 12 Aug 2024

I can never resist the tales of the raggle taggle gypsies or the faerie folk. Helplessly I'm drawn in by your words.

Great writing Jenny, as ever.

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Posted in Playful Elven Folk

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Put on your red shoes and dance the blues

Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2024

Oh Paul, I was just about to book a flight to England to visit my kiddies and their kiddies but your skilled description of a dsytopian state has alerted dormant brain cells and saved me the £150 that Easyjet were asking for.

Apparently...

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Posted in Leviathan

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Banitsa

Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2024

I say this with all due respect to Alfred's views and personal opinions...

We can get croissants here in Bulgaria. We can also get baked beans, Yorkshire tea and cans of John Smith's bitter. But we don't want them. We are here to merge...

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It wasn't all grim

Posted on Sat, 27 Jul 2024

It wasn't all grim Di. I'm glad I did it but I'm also glad that I stopped when I did. Though in hindsight it was much harder readjusting to a life back on land than it had been to adjusting to a life on the ocean wave in the first place. I've got...

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Posted in Candi Staton, the Sea and Me

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A message from Priyatelkata to Alfred

Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Priyatelkata (my partner) is French and, like her compatriots, she doesn't do things by halves. Our breakfasts at home to launch a day can be as impressive as an Olympic Games opening ceremony but without the dancers in their ridiculous costumes...

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Posted in Alfred N.Muggins Becomes An Honourary Frenchman After Watching The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics!

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Optimism

Posted on Fri, 02 Aug 2024

Thanks L.

My optimism dwindles but will never disappear... that goes for Crado and for the state of the world.

 

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Posted in Crado Come Home

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Water

Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2024

feminine and nurturing

masculine force

good or bad

 

Birth or death... so many contrasting features but water is always part of us.

I love how your words emphasise the extent to which...

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Posted in The power of water

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Humans

Posted on Tue, 30 Jul 2024

Ah, right. The vast majority of my writing is autobiographical and I forget that other people's might not be. So I apologise for this oversight.

Observing human behaviour is something that I spend a lot of my time doing too, though the...

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Posted in Travelling Alone

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The Parents

Posted on Tue, 30 Jul 2024

I get you!

We blame our parents but our parents blame their own parents,and so on. The best we can do is break the mould.

With a drawer full of Flintstones and Simpsons socks, I told my kids to scrap Fathers' Day.

 

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Annascaul

Posted on Wed, 31 Jul 2024

Oh, I just love it when I'm wandering Ireland and I bump into an unexpected memorial sculpture. Tom Krean in Annascaul's a great one but my favourite is the statue of Johnny Kilbane who was the World Featherweight Boxing Champion from 1912 to...

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Posted in Tom Crean

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