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Terence Mullan
During the hot Balkan afternoons it’s grand to lie on the settee with jugs of glacial tea and a summer soundtrack. Joni Mitchell, Joseph Canteloube, Bob Marley and Mississippi John Hurt on scratchy vinyl all sooth as Pavlovian mosquitos snarl from their sides of insect screens.
Those afternoons will be back soon, I hope. I don't care for this having to wear socks nonsense.
My stories
The Lighthouse Keeper of Ras Gombo
It’s a well-known fact that seafarers staring at the sea during the hours of darkness can be hypnotised by the calming waves and the bioluminescence as their ship cuts through the water. In their half-awake half-asleep state of mind, they feel an unexplainable urge to walk to the railings, climb over and jump in. I once experienced this peculiar feeling whilst on watch on a bulk carrier sailing south through the Red Sea towards the Bab al-Mandab Strait and the Indian Ocean beyond.
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The Sogginess of the Long-Distance Runner
A fond but terrifying recollection of my childhood sporting achievements.
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Fathoms Above
Oh I do like to be beneath the seaside.
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Shenanigans with Catkins
January 2025 (the latter part) and the things that I saw and did in my usual one hundred words per day sort of way.
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The Mandarin Cherries
January 2025 (the early part) and the things that I saw and did in my usual one hundred words per day sort of way.
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Can Can
Posted on Thu, 15 Aug 2024
Having cans lifted from you carry out is no joke. I feel for you CM. I feel it in my fingers. I feel it in my toes.
Read full commentPosted in Benches & Hedges
Migration
Posted on Mon, 05 Aug 2024
I particularly like your
“Send a gunboat”
to repel rubber-gum-boats,
When did the rules change so that people were expected to remain for the whole of their lives in the country in which they were born? I expect it...
Read full commentPosted in Boats
Depressingly good
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
This is a depressingly accurate account of the mess that the world is in at the moment, and nobody seems to be doing anything about putting it right. We can recycle our empties, and turn our lights off and we can struggle to shelter our kids from...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
Blooms
Posted on Mon, 08 Apr 2024
Ah, thanks Di.
Our blossom comes in waves. The first, and most impressive, was about a month ago when the wild plums were in flower (we call them djanki and you call them mirabelles), which was followed by the pears and now as they fizzle...
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - L'ouverture
Ukraine
Posted on Mon, 12 Feb 2024
Before I write anything else I want to stress that I absolutely do not condone Putin's actions in Ukraine.
However, here in Bulgaria we have refugees from Ukraine, but they are different to the Ukraine refugees that have fled their...
Read full commentPosted in After Russian Rain (A Postscript from Moscow)
Worms.
Posted on Thu, 28 Dec 2023
If' you'd been in a Mexican bar you'd have been grand.
Read full commentPosted in Lingo Bingo
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...
Read full commentPosted in Friendly Fire
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...
Read full commentPosted in The Birds were Singing
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...
Read full commentPosted in 104!
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.
Read full commentPosted in wising up
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