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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.
Your words …
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Your words …
plastic sawn off arms
really made me laugh.
Sawn off arms of any kind shouldn’t make us laugh but I know exactly what you mean.
Good on your lady in the post office for giving you the tinsel. It’s...
Read full commentPosted in T is for Tinsel and Twigs
A tricky subject. I can see
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
A tricky subject. I can see both sides of the argument.
But also ...
The Red lion, The Crown, Royal Oak, White Oak, White Hart, The Swan, The Plough, The Bell, Rose & Crown, The Star, Cross Keys, Travellers Rest, The George...
Read full commentPosted in The Black Bitch.
You really make your words do
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
You really make your words do the work. So few of them describe so much.
I really like the plastic starlight bit
I've never been a fan of tinsel but I'm looking at it in a different way now.
and
wild ...
Read full commentPosted in T is for Tinsel and Twigs
Nice words for two different
Posted on Fri, 17 Dec 2021
Nice words for two different creatures. Different but always beautiful and graceful ... the words and the creatures.
In Bulgaria we have different names for both. A reindeer is a severen elen (северен елен) which translates...
Read full commentPosted in R is for Reindeer and Roe deer
Secret beaches are the most
Posted on Fri, 17 Dec 2021
Secret beaches are the most wonderful places and being by the sea in winter is always something to treasure as the chances of being alone are even greater. Your words bring the location and atmosphere to life perfectly and bring back memories of...
Read full commentPosted in Day before a birthday
Aww, I loved Kirsty MacColl.
Posted on Sun, 19 Dec 2021
Aww, I loved Kirsty MacColl. It was 21 years ago yesterday that she was killed in Mexico. It broke my heart and I still get a touch of the old melancholy when I listen to her albums.
I loved the Pogues too and saw them perform live many...
Read full commentPosted in A Fairy Tale of New York
Madame Euveur
Posted on Thu, 16 Dec 2021
My partner is French. I call her Priyatelka which is the Bulgarian word for partner or girlfriend. We live in Bulgaria so our conversations tend to take place in a combination of English, French and Bulgarian languages together with a...
Read full commentPosted in Alfred N.Muggins : The Man Responsible For Bringing Fact and Fiction Together! (In A New Way) : Remolding and Renovating History : Part 3 : Evolution Not Revolution
And Billy J. Kramer?
Posted on Thu, 16 Dec 2021
It’s not just the mind of Alfred N. Muggins that is boggling. Mine boggles too as I try to get to grips with the following …
If Marie Antoinette had said ‘Give them a suburban garden and a washing machine’ would this quote have stood the...
Read full commentPosted in Alfred N.Muggins : The Man Responsible For Bringing Fact and Fiction Together! (In A New Way) : Remolding and Renovating History : Part 3 : Evolution Not Revolution
You're exactly right Di.
Posted on Wed, 15 Dec 2021
You're exactly right Di. Happiness abounds in our little Malki Chiflik home.
To add to this we got another cat today. We found him all alone in the street in town, shivering in the icy rain. The vet said he's about three months old. We've...
Read full commentPosted in Pine Tree (in Home and on Heath)
Rage is the perfect title for
Posted on Thu, 16 Dec 2021
Rage is the perfect title for these angry words. I can feel the rage in every line.
And I understand.
Read full commentPosted in Rage!!!
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