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My stories have been read 234559 times and 183 of my stories have been cherry picked.
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Terence Mullan

 

In the movies, the people who are writers only ever drink coffee and write. I could do that. They never have to work in their garden or take their cat to the vet or go shopping in Kaufland.

 

 

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Ex Crete

More whimsy, this time from the second half of September 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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The Old Man and the Libyan Sea

A whimsical look at my involvement in the world during the first half of September 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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Don't Mess with a Meteorology Man

What I did during the second half of August 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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Story of the week

For the Love of Irma Ogden

What I did during the first half of August 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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No Country for Cold Men

Made in the shade of our covered terrace late in the afternoon on one of those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer.
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622 of my comments have received 649 Great Feedback votes

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Worms.

Posted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023

If' you'd been in a Mexican bar you'd have been grand. 

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Posted in Lingo Bingo

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Hello Jean.

Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023

Hello Jean.

I'm so sorry to hear that you didn't get the news that you were hoping for. I'm hoping your asymptomatic status continues and the chemotherapy is doing its job.

Thank you for keeping us up to date with what you're going...

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Posted in Friendly Fire

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I really like..

Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2023

I really like..

And oh, what a world full of places for foxes who know!

They are everywhere but they keep themselves to themselves. They know things that we don't know and they go places we don't go. Gorgeous creatures and...

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Posted in The Birds were Singing

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I love this Rhiannon, though

Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023

I love this Rhiannon, though it saddens me.

You've reminded me of the dear elderly people I used to visit when I was working, particularly those living in care homes. They had no desire to receive presents. What brought them happiness was...

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Posted in 104!

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Ha ha! If ever he tells you

Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023

Ha ha! If ever he tells you to get knotted he probably means he's waiting for you to turn into that tree. 

People such as Lesley Ash, Courtney Pine, Nigel Hawthorne and King Edward the Elder have already been through this process.

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Posted in wising up

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Years ago I entered a pun

Posted on Thu, 03 Aug 2023

Years ago I entered a pun writing competition in our local newspaper. I wrote one and then immediately thought of another. It was so easy I couldn't stop. Eventually I had ten of them so I sent them all off to the newspaper office in town ...

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Posted in The Vigorous Fig

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A-ha were (maybe still are) a

Posted on Sat, 15 Jul 2023

A-ha were (maybe still are) a brilliant band. I've a couple of their CDs myself. Not so fond of Geldof though.

Your words remind me of a time when I was looking through second hand CDs at a market stall near where I lived. As I browsed I...

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Posted in The Morten Harket Selfie Opportunity

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Great stuff Paul! This is a

Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2022

Great stuff Paul! This is a really entertaining read though I had to keep reminding myself that it is a work of fiction.

It leaves me wondering if in the future you might be writing a piece on Boris Johnson's appearance on the television...

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Posted in Pointless Boris (Part One of Two)

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If only the kings and queens

Posted on Fri, 15 Apr 2022

If only the kings and queens and the richest men in the world would go away and leave the rest of us alone there wouldn't be so many crying mums. Unfortunately the kings and queens have big families and there are men with big fat piggy banks...

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Posted in two men

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I get this!

Posted on Tue, 18 Jan 2022

I get this!

For decades, possibly even a century or so, places like little shops and pubs hardly changed. I know that some change is necessary but it seems like in the last twenty years everything has changed and it can never change back....

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Posted in Things I Did On My Day Off

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