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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.
Nice words Rhiannon.
Posted on Thu, 17 Aug 2023
Nice words Rhiannon.
Oh for a drop of drizzle here now. We had a huge thunderstorm with torrential rain a couple of nights ago but by mid morning the next day the ground was back to its usual concrete state.
Read full commentPosted in Drizzle
You know a flower has made an
Posted on Tue, 15 Aug 2023
You know a flower has made an impact on your life when you name it yourself.
Your words really do give the feeling that you're talking to a friend. A lovely poem.
Read full commentPosted in Nunca Te Rindas
Britain's astronomically
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2023
Britain's astronomically expensive in comparison to much of Europe. Scandinavian countries are probably the exception. I always dread having to go back to England because of the cost. If it wasn't for my kids and grandkids over there I never...
Read full commentPosted in The Dentist.
In Bulgaria our state health
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2023
In Bulgaria our state health service makes no provision for dentistry but from my experience our private dentists are extremely good and very cheap.
And waiting lists just don't exist for any aspect of our health care.
So if ever...
Read full commentPosted in The Dentist.
I like the way that the fence
Posted on Sat, 12 Aug 2023
I like the way that the fence plank features as much in your poem as the bird and the meal do. Setting the scene helps the tale to unfold in the imagination.
I hope by now it's been rewarded with the stain.
Read full commentPosted in More Than a Snack
This is great reading. So
Posted on Thu, 03 Aug 2023
This is great reading. So many emotional angles in it. More crises than a family can be expected to cope with but you've melded them so well.
I'm sorry, I didn't read this when you first put it up on the site. There's too much good stuff...
Read full commentPosted in Delirium
It was absloutely awful. It's
Posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2023
It was absloutely awful. It's still at the front of my mind. But if I'd have reacted in any way I'm sure I'd have found my face pressed to the road too.
I was taking my partner to the bus station so she could go to the Black Sea with her...
Read full commentPosted in Trip of a Lifetime
A man called Mustafa comes up
Posted on Thu, 10 Aug 2023
A man called Mustafa comes up our lane every May and August to poison the weeds on the side of the road. In our hot wet weather the vegetation grows at a phenomenol rate so I can understand that something needs to be done so that the road remains...
Read full commentPosted in begone
Perfect words to describe the
Posted on Thu, 10 Aug 2023
Perfect words to describe the beauty and serenity of this incredible place and to highlight the way it has been destroyed in the name of progress, as has happened to so many places in today's awful world.
I'm sorry it has happened but I...
Read full commentPosted in Cherished Evenings
Oh Di mate, this is
Posted on Thu, 10 Aug 2023
Oh Di mate, this is heartbreaking.
The fact that these monsters are sitting around waiting for a reaction makes matters even worse.
Your words are perfect for describing what was there and what has happened but these stand out......
Read full commentPosted in begone
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