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Terence Mullan
The toothless old widow who sits beneath the pomegranate tree in the square confided in me, ‘Snow and ice in April will hurt the tender shoots of our hostas but they’ll return even stronger under the Balkan sunshine’s healing rays.’ The old man sitting beside her with a cigarette lodged neatly in one of the gaps in his front teeth casually added, ‘Hosta la vista, baby!’
My stories
The Treadmills of My Mind
It’s that ole devil called insomnia again, where I’m entertained by the dark columns of the world’s problem page.
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Patrick Kavanagh and Me
I’ve got to give a bit of credit for the first line of this to the late Mr Patrick Kavanagh of 62 Pembroke Road, Dublin. It’s from his poem Canal Bank Walk , written in 1954.
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My Verbal Diary Here
I couldn’t match the style of Jenny Skinner’s diary entries but I hope this helps to cheer her up a bit while she’s feeling under the weather.
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Yantra Mantra
Oh Yantra, river of my dreams...
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Three O’Clock Sheep Club
A crowded but lonely place.
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Brecon Beacons
Posted on Sat, 06 Jul 2024
That's a beautiful part of the world you were in Rhiannon.
Twelve years ago, when I was living in Wiltshire, I went there with our local walking group. We climbed Fan y Big, Cribyn and Pen y Fan, though it wasn't all climbing. I vaguely...
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Greatly appreciated
Posted on Fri, 05 Jul 2024
Thanks very much Jane. Your words are greatly appreciated.
I'm just a bit disappointed in myself for only writing a couple of thousand words after doing more than forty years of research.
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My place
Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024
I only moved to Bulgaria because I'd run out of things to write about the Wiltshire drizzle.
Благодаря ти много Юън.
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Hawkwind
Posted on Mon, 01 Jul 2024
Hello Jenny.
The garden's tidy now but very bare. A rake, a shovel and a wheelbarrow was all we needed to do the job.
I hope Hawkwind fans won't be disappointed to learn that Priyatelkata's follow up single was Pasta Dutchie From...
Read full commentPosted in Holiday on Ice
Yes, ex Prime Minister
Posted on Thu, 27 Jun 2024
Nice one Paul. Your coincidental things would all be funny if they weren't such a scarily accurate description of the awful reality. And Sunak's still got a week to go so there's a strong possibility you'll have enough material for episode...
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In good hands
Posted on Mon, 24 Jun 2024
I'm glad to hear you're in good hands Jenny and heading in the right direction. Get well soon but don't rush it.
My very best wishes to you.
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Great words and great rhymes
Posted on Tue, 25 Jun 2024
Great words and great rhymes Rhiannon.
You got me singing...
I saw a peanut stand, heard a rubber band
Read full commentAnd seen a needle wink its eye
But I be done seen about everything
When I see an elephant fly
Posted in Extreme differences!
Get well soon!
Posted on Mon, 24 Jun 2024
Oh, no! Pneumonia! I'm really sorry to hear you've been so ill. It's nice to see you back though so I hope your health continues to improve. I had wondered but didn't like to pry.
The situation with our garden (along with our cars and our...
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Mystery
Posted on Mon, 24 Jun 2024
Oh I love it when I come across a mystery while I'm walking through deserted places. And isn't it always the work of the faerie folk? They're capable of anything, particularly sending our minds off in wild directions. When my Nan was alive. if...
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Maria of the Two Houses
Posted on Sat, 22 Jun 2024
It's really sad. There aren't many leaves on the trees and their aren't many birds around since the storm. It's very quiet in a garden normally filled with birdsong. I'm hoping they've gone somewhere else but I have some doubts about their...
Read full commentPosted in "For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)
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