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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.
My stories
This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course
Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the second part of my account of a journey from the settee to the corner of our kitchen where the kettle is. At this point the kettle is switched on. I only wish, during that icy month, I could have said the same about myself.
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This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Starter
Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the first part of my account of a journey from the settee to the corner of our kitchen where the kettle is.
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Cherries and Dahlia Petals
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Twelve, the final part.
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The Gaddafi Effect
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Eleven (with photographs, though they're the same photographs as in Part Ten, so you may have seen them before).
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Tea with the Coppersmith
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Ten (with photographs).
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Brave
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
We all have to be brave when she's working in the kitchen!
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The soya milk is quite
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
The soya milk is quite expensive here too so she makes it very cheaply herself from soya beans but it's an awful lot of work. So then after all that faffing with every kitchen implement that we own she then sets about making the yoghurt which is...
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LB
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
We have labyrinths of crisps and biscuits too Di but our supermarkets don't sell much of the other processed foods that you have over there in the posh end of Europe. Here we don't have prepacked sandwiches, prepared meals, pies and pasties, ...
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Splendid news
Posted on Wed, 24 Apr 2024
I'm very pleased to hear it, partly (but only partly) because I've mislaid the pencil sharpener.
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Jam
Posted on Wed, 24 Apr 2024
When is it? I'll pencil it in my diary.
Local tradition and climate dictate that mine will be within 24 hours of me pegging it, so everyone's invited but I doubt if many will get here in time.
The rakia's in the kitchen cupboard......
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Plural
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2024
It was bike accidents Jenny. Definitely plural. Elbows, knees and ribs were the major victims. How could I have been so stupid so many times over so many years?
I'm pleased to hear you're on the mend, and I empathise and sympathise with...
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I'm hoping that every comment
Posted on Tue, 23 Apr 2024
I'm hoping that every comment about LB on ABC Tales will generate a commission payment from the Bulgarian Agriculture Ministry.
So many thanks for your contribution Jenny. Every stotinka helps.
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Oh Jenny, that sounds awful.
Posted on Sun, 21 Apr 2024
Oh Jenny, that sounds awful. I know from falling off my bike that the embarrassment can be almost as bad as the pain. I really hope you're fit and well and all patched up soon.
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Fields of rapeseed in flower
Posted on Sat, 20 Apr 2024
Fields of rapeseed in flower always look utterly beautiful.
My in-laws' house in Lincolnshire was often surrounded by acres of it and we decided that it didn't smell very nice and the small black insects that it attracted were also...
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This is a lovely, uplifting
Posted on Tue, 16 Apr 2024
This is a lovely, uplifting poem Jenny.
I read it to my cats. They're salivating like Pavlov dogs.
I told them not to be so rude.
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