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I shaved my head again today. I shave it every couple of months to disguise the fact that I’m going bald.
When I read your comment, Di,
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
When I read your comment, Di, I thought your cat had been complaining about chalkdust. We have dust but it's nothing to do with chalk.
Our weather is unbelievably warm at the moment which is not typical. Our winters are much milder than...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course
It certainly is Rhiannon.
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
It certainly is Rhiannon. Already we have things sprouting up all over the place. At the beginning of March nature seems to explode in Bulgaria.
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Andy Williams sang...
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
Andy Williams sang, 'It's the most wonderful time of the year!' I don't think he meant February but if they'd asked me to sing it instead of him, that's certainly what would have been going through my mind.
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Life started to become
Posted on Thu, 08 Feb 2024
Life started to become difficult, Jenny, with the introduction of colour tellies and decimal coinage. Where I lived our whole world was in black and white and nobody had any money so it all took a lot longer to understand.
Thanks for...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Main Course
Yes, we decided to just be
Posted on Tue, 06 Feb 2024
Yes, we decided to just be friends.
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Starter
A mesmerising display indeed.
Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024
A mesmerising display indeed.
Such displays aren't seen so much these days. I remember watching them as a child as they almost obliterated Belfast City Hall and the surrounding buildings. A fantastic feature of nature to see but...
Read full commentPosted in A Murmuration of Starlings
I'm fully aware that Bruce
Posted on Mon, 05 Feb 2024
I'm fully aware that Bruce Springsteen is a well-meaning, nice fella who wrote good music with clever lyrics which often questioned the establishment, for people of my generation. I take my hat off to the man. But I'm afraid I found it all very...
Read full commentPosted in Jungleland (by Bruce Springsteen) : A (Belated) Review by Alfred Muggins
Facebook needs an 'absolutely
Posted on Wed, 31 Jan 2024
Facebook needs an 'absolutely horrified' emoji to click on these days Di. And if yer man Zuckerberg says there's no room for it, they could take away the smiley face one which has outserved its usefulness.
Read full commentPosted in It’s the little things
Nice words Rhiannon. You
Posted on Wed, 31 Jan 2024
Nice words Rhiannon. You really bring out the colours of a month that many folks might consider a bit dull.
Read full commentPosted in January Skies
It's good to have nice
Posted on Tue, 30 Jan 2024
It's good to have nice memories Dougie, but it's good to make new memories too. There's nothing we can do about what lies ahead of us and we can't change the past. It's best to live for the moment, as your poem suggests.
I hope the old...
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