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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
Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin
The Donegal and Derry Diary. The ninth and final part, though I’m hoping to be back there in 2027.
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My Perfect Zombie
Dallying in Donegal and dabbling in Derry. The penultimate of a fair few parts.
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Ardara Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part seven of nine, probably.
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Our Little Owen Man
Becoming a grandfather’s such a doddle. I’ve done it three times now without even getting out of the armchair.
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Ooze Next?
Days and nights in dear old Donegal. Part six of nine, maybe ten, but certainly not eleven.
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Worms.
Posted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023
If' you'd been in a Mexican bar you'd have been grand.
Read full commentPosted in Lingo Bingo
Hello Jean.
Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023
Hello Jean.
I'm so sorry to hear that you didn't get the news that you were hoping for. I'm hoping your asymptomatic status continues and the chemotherapy is doing its job.
Thank you for keeping us up to date with what you're going...
Read full commentPosted in Friendly Fire
I really like..
Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2023
I really like..
And oh, what a world full of places for foxes who know!
They are everywhere but they keep themselves to themselves. They know things that we don't know and they go places we don't go. Gorgeous creatures and...
Read full commentPosted in The Birds were Singing
I love this Rhiannon, though
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
I love this Rhiannon, though it saddens me.
You've reminded me of the dear elderly people I used to visit when I was working, particularly those living in care homes. They had no desire to receive presents. What brought them happiness was...
Read full commentPosted in 104!
Ha ha! If ever he tells you
Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023
Ha ha! If ever he tells you to get knotted he probably means he's waiting for you to turn into that tree.
People such as Lesley Ash, Courtney Pine, Nigel Hawthorne and King Edward the Elder have already been through this process.
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Years ago I entered a pun
Posted on Thu, 03 Aug 2023
Years ago I entered a pun writing competition in our local newspaper. I wrote one and then immediately thought of another. It was so easy I couldn't stop. Eventually I had ten of them so I sent them all off to the newspaper office in town ...
Read full commentPosted in The Vigorous Fig
A-ha were (maybe still are) a
Posted on Sat, 15 Jul 2023
A-ha were (maybe still are) a brilliant band. I've a couple of their CDs myself. Not so fond of Geldof though.
Your words remind me of a time when I was looking through second hand CDs at a market stall near where I lived. As I browsed I...
Read full commentPosted in The Morten Harket Selfie Opportunity
Great stuff Paul! This is a
Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022
Great stuff Paul! This is a really entertaining read though I had to keep reminding myself that it is a work of fiction.
It leaves me wondering if in the future you might be writing a piece on Boris Johnson's appearance on the television...
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If only the kings and queens
Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022
If only the kings and queens and the richest men in the world would go away and leave the rest of us alone there wouldn't be so many crying mums. Unfortunately the kings and queens have big families and there are men with big fat piggy banks...
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I get this!
Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022
I get this!
For decades, possibly even a century or so, places like little shops and pubs hardly changed. I know that some change is necessary but it seems like in the last twenty years everything has changed and it can never change back....
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