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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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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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The Chips at Twerton Park
When Raleigh’s ship came into port the gentry gathered round To see the cargo in its hold of veggies small and brown. But little did the people know...
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Time (Clock of The Heart)
‘That one’s five hundred quid mate, but I could probably let you have it for four eighty,’ said the very gaunt looking man pointing to the clock that...
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They Think I’ve Gone Berserk (with music video)
This is a poem I wrote about forty years ago. I was working as a waiter in a cocktail bar at the time. My dear friend Anthony Healey found the faded...
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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...
Read full commentPosted in How Could I Be So Stupid
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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Biden
Posted on Mon, 15 Apr 2024
It helps a little that even Biden seems to be dragging his feet this time.
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Despair
Posted on Mon, 15 Apr 2024
If any nation should know better than to do this, it is Israel. Their actions in Gaza are beyond belief but it seems that a bit of local genocide isn't enough for them. They are dragging us all into the Book of Revelation.
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Horror and mistrust.
Posted on Sat, 13 Apr 2024
The causative inept police force, the horror of the event and a government intent on a cover up. It all stinks.
I've read a lot about this. In previous semi-finals at Hillsborough fans from Tottenham and Leeds had felt that they were going...
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Seeing things
Posted on Wed, 10 Apr 2024
Maybe if you'd spent the £20 on another bottle of the strong drink you'd have seen stars.
An enjoyable read. I'm glad it finished on a positive note.
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The length of a stork's life
Posted on Tue, 09 Apr 2024
The length of a stork's life depends upon what you feed it on. They seem to have a fondness for butter substitutes.
There's an absolutely ancient one here with a Geordie accent that mutters on constantly about pink/purple hair, painful...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
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