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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
Only Here for The Poets
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Four.
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Lovely Palace, Must Fly
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Three.
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A Fistful of Rials
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Two.
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Ticket to Tehran
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part One.
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This Sort of Thing - December 2023 - Side B
Stand aside Tristram Shandy, this is The Life and Opinions of Turlough Ó Maoláin, Gentleman. Compiled during the late part of December 2023, at a rate of one hundred words per day.
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Always turned strange
Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2025
Stories were weird. They started out fine, but always turned strange.
That's a good sign of a good story.
Nice one Jess! I enjoyed this.
Read full commentPosted in The Watchers In The Walls
Graces
Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2025
My mother was called Grace, as were her mother and three more generations before her. There was a lull of many women in our family but none ever struck me as being mythological.
A verry nice poem Jenny that's made me think.
Read full commentPosted in A Poet's Greek Mythology
The Five Seasons
Posted on Sat, 19 Jul 2025
A wonderfull summary of the seasons in words of rhythm and rhyme Paul. But you missed one out... what about the football season?
Read full commentPosted in After the Geese
Doing
Posted on Wed, 02 Jul 2025
Only governments can do the doing. Our talking can make more people aware and consequently more pressure will be put on governments and big organisations to stop the killing. Unfortunately the world has too many people who will just look the...
Read full commentPosted in Up to Their Ears in Tears
Love
Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2025
True, honest, proper love lasts forever.
This is a wonderful description of your emotions Caldwell. I got a real feel for what you were going through.
Read full commentPosted in An Afternoon in Lausanne
Dreaminess
Posted on Thu, 10 Jul 2025
Can you die inside a dream?
That's something I've always wondered too. I've sometimes dreamt that I was facing death in a dream and knew that if I didn't escape the danger I might not wake up, but I always have done... so far. But...
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Well done and well said!
Posted on Mon, 07 Jul 2025
I'm very pleased that this was the pick of the day. Congratulations on your golden cherries and well done for speaking your mind.
Read full commentPosted in Fifty Shades of Death
Paint pot
Posted on Wed, 09 Jul 2025
The pot of paint was to signify how angry he was with his wife and Michael the painter and decorator who was doing up his house... and his wife by all accounts.
Read full commentPosted in Maybe.
Mike vs Phil
Posted on Wed, 09 Jul 2025
Living less than a kilometre from us here in Bulgaria there's an eccentric reclusive Englishman called Michael Burberry who once had an affair with Phil Collins' wife and caused the break up of his marriage.
Here's a link to a Daily Mail...
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Flora and Fauna
Posted on Wed, 09 Jul 2025
According to Google Lens, the flower is from a plant called Woolly Foxglove, Rusty Foxglove or Grecian Foxglove and its correct botanical name is Digitalis Lanata. We found them growing wild so we're going back this week to see if the seeds are...
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