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Terence Mullan
Down the years I have lived in many places and I have done many jobs. Now I live in Bulgaria and the only work I do is tending to my lovely garden when the sun is shining and scribbling away in my big book of writing stuff when it is not.
I may have left it too late in life to become a famous writer or celebrated gardener but I will persevere anyway. These are the things that occupy me in a seemingly effortless and satisfying way.
My stories
The Merry Moth of December
I think that in a previous life I may have been a moth. Although I’ve never eaten a woolly jumper or bashed my brains out on a car windscreen, I can’...
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Christmas With Monsieur Bublé
A portfolio of lively tunes A carousel and gay balloons To start, the handsome Gaul festoons Season’s greetings most profound To all of those who’ve...
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Fantasies of Enya (with music video)
I'd like to be the owner of a butcher's shop in Newry. I'd like to shake my hips about and sing like Billy Fury. I'd like to be a cosmonaut like...
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It Being December
Dulled A mind follows a rainbow Seven shades of jet In hope to find A faerie shoemaker In wee black jacket and cap Tap-tapping at the soles Of...
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Hotel Mediterraneo
Sultry and still the sweet night air. Latin music. Crickets chirping. Like a favela in Rio or anywhere But for the sound of Geordies burping. For el...
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This is great Jenny.
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023
This is great Jenny.
I too, often find myself in a 'shower of words like cloudburst', refreshsing me after a creative drought.
And the whole of the last verse is me. It's as if I wrote it myself... except I wouldn't have written it...
Read full commentPosted in When All I Need Is Artistry
The fact that it was Sandra
Posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2023
The fact that it was Sandra who ended up with her tail between her legs made me smile.
An amusing tale! Nice one!
Read full commentPosted in Blueberry - Part Three
Nice one Mark, Well done!
Posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2023
Nice one Mark,
Well done!
Read full commentPosted in PE 10. (Part IV)
Great stuff!
Posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2023
Great stuff!
So many unexpected angles right to the end.
Walking round Paris with a false moustache made me laugh out loud, as did worrying about having a poo in someone else's house. And Tracey and the school teacher fighting over...
Read full commentPosted in PE 10. (Part IV)
In Bulgaria, marmalade cats
Posted on Mon, 24 Jul 2023
In Bulgaria, marmalade cats are often called Sharky (Шарки) which means patterns.
We had one with this name but a a result of a terrible incident that I won't describe, he is no longer with us.
Our other marmalade cat is called...
Read full commentPosted in Hobbes
Your words have captured
Posted on Mon, 24 Jul 2023
Your words have captured perfectly the haunting nature of a crow, especially when seen in numbers. Never considered glamorous, they play games with my imagination probably more than any other species of bird.
We have hooded rooks here. As...
Read full commentPosted in A Murder of Crows
My toes poke through the holes.
Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2023
'as if she’s seein bits of mould on me or black spots where I’m startin to rot an go off. I know my socks are mingin. My toes poke through the holes.'
Fully aware of his own appearance whilst in the house of a family much more affluent...
Read full commentPosted in PE .10 (Part III)
A lovely poem with words
Posted on Sun, 23 Jul 2023
A lovely poem with words really that bring the scene to life.
I always find it interesting to read about people's homes and their environs. Perhaps 'through my window' would make a good inspirational point one week, if it hasn't been done...
Read full commentPosted in Through Our Country Window
Just these few lines bring
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023
Just these few lines bring them clearly into my mind.
I can feel your love for them.
A lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in Nana and Grampa (c 1950-1960)
I feel so sorry for the lad.
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023
I feel so sorry for the lad. I can see this story in real life and I want to invite him to our house for his dinner.
This is great reading.
Read full commentPosted in PE .10 (part II)
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