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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
The Iran - Tie Rack War
The story of a magic carpet-ride through Persia - Part Five.
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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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Papa was a soothsayer.
Posted on Sat, 06 Apr 2024
Aren't all fathers soothsayers with the words 'told you so' poised on the tips of their tongues even if they hadn't told us so? I think my kids might say I'm guilty of that myself.
An entertaining look at the Gilded Cage. Nice one Jenny...
Read full commentPosted in In A Troubled Land
And Smokey sings...
Posted on Sun, 24 Mar 2024
And Smokey sings...
Now, there's some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown when there's no one around
When I was a kid clowns made us laugh but these days their...
Read full commentPosted in Swan Song
I wasn't picking...
Posted on Sun, 17 Mar 2024
Oh no P4AT. I wasn't picking you up on your writing.
I was merely remarking upon the harshness of the mom's critique. Some people (especially mothers) can't seem to get their heads round how difficult it can be to make a few lines rhyme....
Read full commentPosted in "Unwanted Magic" 5
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...
Read full commentPosted in What's Not Written
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.
Read full commentPosted in The Moon Maiden
“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.
Read full commentPosted in "Unwanted Magic" 5
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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