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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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The Friday Pazar in Gorna Oryahovitsa
Coffee imbibed, strong and black. Old men sit and talk and cough and hack Beneath a fig tree even older. Tobacco smoked, even stronger To blunt the...
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Take It or Leave It
I love to see the sun come up through early morning mist. I quite enjoy a pint or two without ever getting pissed. I like to walk around the town, my...
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Chocolate, Tobacco and Horse Muck
Each day, as the factory whistle blew at noon, he dashed leisurely home from work on his bicycle to have his dinner because dinner was always eaten...
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When It Gets Late Earlier
As my hemisphere gets darker The men who wind up the world Decide to make it darker still Just days before my birthday When I always wish for more...
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Following Magda
It seemed like night although it was only about three o’clock in the afternoon as I approached the little old twin towns of Bernkastel-Kues which...
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Slithery squelchiness
Posted on Sat, 27 Jan 2024
I really like the slithery squelchiness of this. Great words for a January walk.
Read full commentPosted in Above Weobley
A man written about after his
Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024
A man written about after his passing is surely a man worthy of respect.
I'm sorry for the loss of your good friend.
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Good stuff Paul. I love the
Posted on Fri, 26 Jan 2024
Good stuff Paul. I love the optimism that comes with the melting of snow.
Bring on the trillion burning candles,
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It's called the wolf moon
Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2024
It's called the wolf moon (valcha luna / вълча луна) in Bulgaria too. Mysterious and exciting it may be, but it makes our dogs think they are wolves too. Even though one of them is only a shih tzu they'll howl through the night tonight, and...
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I have similar experiences of
Posted on Thu, 25 Jan 2024
I have similar experiences of language classes, though as the student rather than as the tutor, and it's small children kept in the corner that require feeding instead of snakes. Whatever happens it's always a million times more enjoyable than...
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I read once that the magpie's
Posted on Sat, 20 Jan 2024
I read once that the magpie's name was an abbreviation of 'maggot pie' but your explanation makes more sense.
Your words of mystery describe the charachteristics of this creature of mystery beautifully.
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This is wonderful Paul.
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
This is wonderful Paul.
They say that India challenges and excites every sense in the human body and your words reinforce that suggestion perfectly. I love those adventures packed with chaos and not knowing what's going to happen next....
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Inverness
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
Sometimes when people waiting on tour buses have shouted at me to hurry up and get back on the tour bus I have taken great delight in stopping and taking a photograph of them and the bus. A photographer can always justify the need to take one...
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Your Cat Island sounds a bit
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
Your Cat Island sounds a bit like our house. Could all these beasts that beguile us in our kitchen every morning be the spirits of children we didn't know we had?
A good read Paul. I very much enjoyed it.
Read full commentPosted in Enoshima (Part Two of Two)
Many thanks Ewan for the
Posted on Fri, 19 Jan 2024
Many thanks Ewan for the cherries and for the great comment.
I think if I was categorising myself I'd probably go for any old shite. It would be nice to be part of a niche market.
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