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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
A Hot Afternoon in Malki Chiflik
Nothing moves. There is no breeze. No birds fly by in the cloudless sky. No creature has the will to disturb the cruel tranquillity. Not even bees...
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Frosty the Snowman
I was going to go out to the garden and build a snowman but then I remembered that I needed to put some fat on the cat’s abscess. I haven’t been...
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The whole world is being
Posted on Sun, 27 Aug 2023
The whole world is being taken over by robots. It's depressing. However there is a tiny trace of an advantage to the self check-out thing in that you don't get the people in the queue behind you hurrying you to get your bag packed and your money...
Read full commentPosted in Hot Cross Bun Blues
Memories can be as precious
Posted on Sat, 26 Aug 2023
Memories can be as precious as the present. Sometimes even more so.
We should create more of them every day because sadly some of them fade... like a flag in the wind.
Read full commentPosted in Life's Style
We need to be careful what we
Posted on Fri, 25 Aug 2023
We need to be careful what we say. We can all be victims. That sticks and stones saying just isn't true.
Read full commentPosted in I was only joking!
A clever title Rhiannon.
Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023
A clever title Rhiannon.
I'm not sure if it's a good or a bad thing but the worst of these leaders do not pass from our memories.
Read full commentPosted in Mis(-chosen)chief
If you have forty-two
Posted on Wed, 23 Aug 2023
If you have forty-two wristwatches from Ratners Jewellers you will have the right time eighty-four times a day.
One day I will write about the events surrounding the leaving of some of my former workplaces. Sainsbury's was the best story...
Read full commentPosted in Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 1
I got my A Level results on
Posted on Tue, 22 Aug 2023
I got my A Level results on Friday 13th August 1976. They weren't brilliant grades but they were what I needed for university, though within six months I realised that I didn't need university.
I also went to the pub with three mates. We...
Read full commentPosted in Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part Two of Two)
It's a great feeling leaving
Posted on Wed, 23 Aug 2023
It's a great feeling leaving a job.
I was thinking of re-writing Paul Simon's song 'Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover' to fit in with all the jobs I've left but when I counted them up I discovered there'd only been forty-two which would have...
Read full commentPosted in Tuesday Morning (How To Leave Your Job!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 1
Of course Rhiannon. Good on
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
Of course Rhiannon. Good on you and the staff for getting it right,
It takes time to assess what might be the best approach. Many of the people I saw were victims of dementia and sometimes quite aggressive. I had to weigh up each of them...
Read full commentPosted in 104!
This is a great story. It
Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2023
This is a great story. It kept me wondering to the end... and beyond.
There's probably enough dust and dog hairs in our hoover bag to recreate the Dagenham Girl Pipers.
I'll be back in a few days...
Read full commentPosted in His Bit of Fluff
For children there are few
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
For children there are few places more mysterious and exciting than a wood. Every tree and every small clearing is a source of intrigue and adventure. And every noise is that of a wild beast coming to eat us up until we see that it's only a...
Read full commentPosted in Swathed In Nature's Beauty
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