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Terence Mullan
The toothless old widow who sits beneath the pomegranate tree in the square confided in me, ‘Snow and ice in April will hurt the tender shoots of our hostas but they’ll return even stronger under the Balkan sunshine’s healing rays.’ The old man sitting beside her with a cigarette lodged neatly in one of the gaps in his front teeth casually added, ‘Hosta la vista, baby!’
Your lovely words brought out
Posted on Sun, 27 Feb 2022
Your lovely words brought out the empathy in me. I struggle on with my travelling though I'll never manage the great treks and cycle rides that took me all over the place as recently as ten years ago. Wanderlust these days, I find, is not...
Read full commentPosted in Brief Moments To Imagine
Beautiful words Rhiannon. I
Posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2022
Beautiful words Rhiannon. I love this.
We heralded our spring a while back but since that moment of heralding we've had a fortnight of snow. Ah well, we'll just have to herald it again when it's made it's vernal mind up.
Read full commentPosted in Warm welcome
That's awful.
Posted on Wed, 16 Mar 2022
That's awful.
Long ago in England (Gillingham to be precise), we lived near a church. Sunday mornings were absolute mayhem with people parking cars in our narrow and normally peaceful little street, slamming doors and shouting greetings...
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Good words about a terrible
Posted on Tue, 15 Mar 2022
Good words about a terrible situation Paul.
I hope we see brick walls daubed in belief again soon.
I was interested to read about your son. I hope he keeps safe and well. Not all Russians are mad war-mongering dictators.
Good...
Read full commentPosted in Het Bonhe
In Bulgaria where I live,
Posted on Wed, 16 Mar 2022
In Bulgaria where I live, taking off your shoes to enter someone's house is a centuries old tradition. It causes great offence if we don't take them off. The host will usually have a supply of knitted woollen slipper / sock type things to offer...
Read full commentPosted in Don't You Just Hate It When.......
It saddens me to say that
Posted on Fri, 04 Feb 2022
It saddens me to say that that part of Ireland is probably more grey than green but I'm pleased you recognised what I was aiming at in the poem.
Thank you Frances for taking the time to read and leave a comment, It's greatly appreciated...
Read full commentPosted in Her Troubles
We've been taking some stuff
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022
We've been taking some stuff to a collection centre in a nearby town. They are sending trucks to Ukraine's borders. We've also given a few quid to a Geordie bloke who lives here and drives his truck to their border with Poland. He takes as much...
Read full commentPosted in Listening to the News 2/3/22
Thank you Frances for taking
Posted on Fri, 11 Mar 2022
Thank you Frances for taking the time to read and your kind comment.
I can understand why you haven't been able to find the words. When I was writing my own I my mind was filled with sadness and anger. I couldn't get the words out quick...
Read full commentPosted in 502 Kilometres
I can't think of a worse
Posted on Fri, 11 Mar 2022
I can't think of a worse dilemma. How do they know that what they are going to is any better than what they are leaving behind?
I think of all those people from the Middle East and Africa who risk their lives and their children's lives to...
Read full commentPosted in 502 Kilometres
Excellent words Di. I read
Posted on Wed, 02 Mar 2022
Excellent words Di. I read your poem more than a couple of times to take it all in. I feel your frustration. It matches my own.
As innocent people and brainwashed young troops die in their thousands and the rest of us live in fear for the...
Read full commentPosted in Listening to the News 2/3/22
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