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A Son at Gretl's Bedside

By Ewan on Tue, 14 May 2024

No, it's not about a fairy tale. Image made at Canva.com using PD elements.

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Talent

By Ewan on Tue, 07 May 2024

Imagine Archie Rice compere of talent show auditions... Image made by me at canva.com

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Burnt Words

By Ewan on Mon, 06 May 2024

Recent update concerning the following appeared in the press at the weekend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herculaneum_papyri Base image a detail from wikipedia.org. Image "composited" @canva.com

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Do Not Come to My Funeral

By Ewan on Wed, 24 Apr 2024

Another fallen comrade younger than I. Image created at canva.com from pd elements.

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This is Today's Pick of the Day July 19th 2023

Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023

Congratulations, this is our Pick of the Day, today.

Please share/retweet/threadify/whatever it is you do in the way of social media, dear ABC-ers.

Well done, Paul.

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I love rivers

Posted on Fri, 14 Jul 2023

We really should look after them better than we do, and show them the respect that they are due. All true beauty is dangerous too.

(Can't believe that rhymes, it WAS an accident, but I'll leave it anyway).

Thanks for reading and...

Posted in Don't Blame The River

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As good as anything

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

I've read on here for a while. Marvellous. Well done.

Posted in Cleanser of Demons

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Congratulations! This is Today's Pick of the Day July 12th 2023

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Strong narrative and imagery in this fine poem takes us along on the guided tour of the eponymous castle, that's why it's today's Pick of the Day.

Please spread the word on whatever is your social medium of choice, dear ABC-ers.

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I wonder if it is a corruption of another word,

Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

that often happens over time. A candidate might be Cloch, which means bell, I believe. However, historians and archaelogists will have pored over such possibilities for years.

I only point it out, because - as you may very well know -...

Posted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)

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Congratulations, this is our Story of the Week 7th July 2023

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

Well done, this and the other three parts are jointly awarded Story of the Week.

Please share on social media, readers, if you can.

Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part One of Four

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Make

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

some jam...

Posted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Four of Four

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BTW

Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023

Loving the photographs. How great to still have them all.

Excellent.

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Fabulous

Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2023

only people who don't write are unaware of how difficult it is to be funny in writing.

Excellent.

Keep going.

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My brother took your

Posted on Wed, 05 Jul 2023

route into a sea-faring life. South Shields Marine College Navigational Officer cadet starting in 1972 and then did 35 years at sea with the same shipping company. Out of the real Newcastle, the old Newcastle, rather than the new New South Wales...