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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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When One Is One
When One Is One As our wee woman reaches one I wonder where the time has gone Those first twelve months so quickly passed As a list of skills you...
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502 Kilometres
502 Kilometres Just up the road from my wife and me A fire’s burning constantly Folks just like us are in the street No food to eat Nowhere to sleep...
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Her Troubles
Her Troubles Tuesday’s fish supper grease still lingers On grubby stubby stiff little fingers Cracked by cold and each one bleeds From overuse of...
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Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls
Elisabeth and the Bonbon Girls Alone, I walked along the dusty path that led away from the termite-ravaged back gate of the small French colonial-...
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Maglic Moments
A piece of writing I did a good while back for the travel company, Exodus Travels. Neither the trip nor I were very glossy but they were very happy to include it in their glossy promotional literature. The Green Visions Travel Agency in Sarajevo used it too. And no, there isn’t a typo in the title.
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Challenged
Posted on Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Hello Coral.
I think my challenge is to just keep going with it. It's something I enjoy and it makes me open my notebook to write at least a bit every day, even on those days when I don't really feel like it. I've completed 12 months on...
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Firefly fellas
Posted on Sat, 21 Sep 2024
They're lovely little fellas Jenny, and a bit intriguing the first time you see one. It's like being in a cinema with a tiny usherette with a tiny torch.
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Great writing Paul, as always
Posted on Wed, 25 Sep 2024
Great writing Paul, as always, and very funny.
The possibility that alien life forms on other planets might be fans of heavy metal rock band, Saxon, is surely an indicator that it's time for us to halt our space exploration programmes....
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Miffy
Posted on Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Brilliant words Paul, describing just how bedtime stories are meant to be.
From my experience the bedtime stories were read to get the kids off to sleep but halfway through I would often hear the words 'Dad! Dad! Wake up! You haven't...
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Hello Di.
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Hello Di.
Our hedgehogs have always lived here so I suppose they're used to the weather but I think yours might struggle a bit here during our summers. I can never understand how our wildlife survives the huge range of temperature that we...
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Excellent stuff!
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Extremely well written Paul. I await part two with gleeful anticipation.
Read full commentPosted in Ghostbot (Part One of Two)
Les vacances de Monsieur et Madame Muggins
Posted on Mon, 19 Aug 2024
I hope Alfred and his chère épouse will be able to replenish their croissant supply before the paralympics commence in Paris next week.
We're in mourning in our house at the moment due to the expiry in the last few days of legendary French...
Read full commentPosted in Alfred N.Muggins Becomes An Honourary Frenchman After Watching The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympics! : Part 2
Trust
Posted on Sun, 18 Aug 2024
I understand you completely Jenny. It's aways an emotionally overwhelming feeling when animals approach us, signifying that they trust us. Even if they probably only want some food it's still great to feel that connection with them.
A...
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Swans
Posted on Sun, 18 Aug 2024
A really nice poetic description of life around a lake. I like this and I like your photograph too.
There's something really special about swans. People say they can break your arm but I've never seen them show any more aggression than a...
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App attack!
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
A seasoned (or marinated) diarist, who was probably me, once wrote...
With a book in my hand and demonic android device in my bin, that’ll be the day that I die. And as I’m lowered into a hole amongst nettles where my bones will enrich...
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