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Ghosts in the Machine
An old friend died a few days ago. Faceache sent me a friend request from him. He was already my friend, so I knew it was some hacker. I took the appropriate action. (No, not write this poem). Image authors own created at Canva.com
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Bronte's Inferno XXX (They're Not A L L Mad)
Aren't they, though? Still hunting for licence or rights for this image... Will remove if man he say no.
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Bronte's Inferno XXIX ("I Blame Cellini")
More of this. Image author's own.
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Play the B-Side
You know it. Image source wikipedia.org and used under fair use terms.
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A Letter to Untethered Books Ltd.
I am not Walter De La Mare's great-grandson and I don't live in Arizona. Not suitable for the sensitive or people working in publishing. Image is PD
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Thank you
Posted on Wed, 15 Jan 2020
for being such a good egg, in spite of the grim business you're dealing with. My mum, who nursed my Dad through a long drawn out dementia decline, is now difficult, inclined to see slights where none are intended. My sister bears the entire...
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Splendid
Posted on Tue, 24 Dec 2019
stuff. How marvellous that Spartak Moscow is quite a villainous chap, as back in the bad old days their football team was full of soldiers who were quite villainous themselves.
I do like the bold type for certain things that would have...
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I voted every
Posted on Mon, 18 Nov 2019
time whilst I lived in Spain until they said I couldn't. Why wouldn't I vote now? Despite what the poem says.
Read full commentPosted in We Fools
This gorgeous piece
Posted on Tue, 08 Oct 2019
that's about soup - and contains surprises just like the catch-all soup our (grand)parents made from leftovers and whatever they grew- is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share AND retweet if you like it too?
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No, I didn't either
Posted on Sat, 26 Aug 2017
because by the time I started with OU Eliot and Pound were no longer "suitable". I bought Eliot's poetry with annotations. I was lucky that I'd studied Latin and French to to A-Level along with English. No Eliot there either! I love the...
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Madcap
Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019
humour is the only antidote to extremism... Where are the satirists? They should be firing broadsides port and starboard, the answer to the rise of the right is most definitely not a jump to the left, despite what Frank'N'Furter says.
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Sad and Wistful
Posted on Mon, 09 Sep 2019
laughter in the dark. I hope it makes you feel better, because it does me - and I expect it does everyone with any sense who reads it. Brava!
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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day
Posted on Tue, 20 Aug 2019
The ever quirky hudsonmoon tries something different today and by golly it works well. That's why it's our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share or retweet if you like it too?
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This is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day.
Posted on Tue, 13 Aug 2019
A comforting read, do click the link and listen to it being read extremely well by the author.
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It's fairly recent
Posted on Wed, 14 Aug 2019
from a US radio advertising campaign from the 30's I think. It means this is going/has started well - possibly after repeated failed attempts. Popularised by Jack Benny and the like in comedy sketches thereafter.
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