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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.
My stories
For Yer Women, the Women
All the year they scrub the homes From Skibbereen to Portglenone. They work their fingers to the bone, Afraid to pause to moan or groan. They milk...
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Priyatelka, Turlough and the House of Cats
She was sleeping in a gas station, south from here on route E85. I asked the pump attendant, ‘You think that little feline’s still alive?’ He said ‘...
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Keeping Teeth and Kidneys for Beginners
According to my team of researchers, Bulgaria has the cheapest beer in the world. At least one bottle of rakia, that well known cure-all,...
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Before The Year Is Gone
Around New Year and before Lent, the Kukeri walk and dance through villages to scare away evil spirits with their elaborate costumes and the sound of multiple large bells attached to their belts. They are also believed to provide a good harvest, health, and happiness to the village during the year. The Kukeri tradition has been practiced since Thracian times, predominantly in Bulgaria but also in other Balkan countries.
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Haemorrhoid Android
As long as I have known my dear Priyatelka, she has radiated great warmth and kindness. She is a charming woman who loves life, adores children,...
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I recently watched a series
Posted on Thu, 21 Mar 2024
I recently watched a series on Netflix called 'The Fall' where a senior police detective (Gillian Anderson of X Files fame) trains herself to keep a dream diary that she makes entries in whenever she wakes up in the middle of the night. I thought...
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I really like your final
Posted on Wed, 20 Mar 2024
I really like your final verse.
There's a big moon in the sky tonight (it was full last night) and we've a large patch of bamboo growing in our garden. I'm going out to have a look. If I come back with a neonate it's all your fault.
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“It’s not a very good rhyme;
Posted on Sun, 17 Mar 2024
“It’s not a very good rhyme; it doesn’t even rhythm,” the mom critiqued.
It's a good job she's not an ABC editor.
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Nothing beats a forest for
Posted on Sun, 10 Mar 2024
Nothing beats a forest for showing off the fine features of the seasons as they pass. Year round entertainment on your doorstep.
Read full commentPosted in "Good Morning"
Pubs, music, football, Asian caffs, people's attitudes..
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Pubs, music, football, Asian restaurants (which were never called restaurants in my day), people's attitudes to life, a notable absence of world wars and the planet itself which I've wandered about feeling quite safe... I've thoroughly enjoyed...
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I always enjoy
Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024
I always enjoy the way you write about the nature around us Jenny. You see things that I don't... until you point them out to us.
A lovely poem.
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Elaines were educators
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Elaines were educators in social etiquette. I'm sure learnt more from my Elaine than I did from my chemistry teacher.
And thank you for the cornelian cherries.
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Rousing is the perfect word
Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024
Rousing is the perfect word for this time of year.
Nice one Jenny! You made me want to sing.
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Protests
Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024
I don't know the answer to your question Di. I think maybe the EU is making it more difficult for farmers generally in an attempt to support other businesses such as supermarket chains. These demonstrations are going on all over Europe,...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - February 2024 - Early Doors
100 Words
Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024
Many thanks for your kind words Penny4AT.
I understand how little time the workers have left at the end of a day but this 100 word thing usuarlly only takes me ten or fifteen minutes. I often write it on my phone while I'm having a coffee...
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