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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.

 

 

615 of my comments have received 643 Great Feedback votes

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Hello Grace.

Posted on Tue, 14 Dec 2021

Hello Grace.

Mayonnaise is so called because it was first made, apparently, in the town of Mahon on the Spanish / Catalan island of Menorca. And it has nothing at all to do with County Mayo in the west of Ireland as a lot of people...

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Posted in The Mystery Of The Heinz Salad Cream With 30% Less Fat.

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In Bulgaria the word for a

Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 2021

In Bulgaria the word for a robin is cherven ogradka (червеногръдка) which, literally translated, means red collar. We do see them about, along with a few blue tits and hedge sparrows but, after the great numbers of wild birds...

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Posted in Robin At Winter Solstice

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As in the story of The

Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 2021

As in the story of The Princess And The Pea?

The technology that young people have today would have been considered as Space Age stuff when I was a kid. I'm not a complete technophobe but these days I often feel as though I am being left...

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Posted in I'm Not A Princess.

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It's awful. I remember when I

Posted on Sat, 11 Dec 2021

It's awful. I remember when I lived in Wiltshire in England it seemed that a couple of times a year a car full of teenagers would be involved in a fatal accident very late at night.

I could always imagine the circumstances leading up to...

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Posted in The Seat Belt.

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My feelings entirely!

Posted on Sun, 12 Dec 2021

My feelings entirely!

You can say you don't like any other time or day of the year and people will say 'Ah well. Never mind.' But we are not allowed to not like Christmas. 'Bah, humbug!' is the response we get from the revellers, which...

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Posted in The Mouth of Christmas

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And then there's the

Posted on Sat, 11 Dec 2021

And then there's the beautiful music of Franz Liszt. If it wasn't for him we'd all be Lisztless.

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Posted in L is for Letters (to North Pole) and Lichen

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This captures my imagination

Posted on Sat, 11 Dec 2021

This captures my imagination more and more as it gets harder and harder.

I might have mentioned that there are eleven time zones in Russia.

Also, three of the houses that I have lived in have been No 11 ... but very few people know...

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Posted in 11

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This is such a sad story

Posted on Sat, 11 Dec 2021

This is such a sad story Grace, and frightening. I know from experience the dangers that our kids can get into whilst growing up. Mine have all reached their thirties now and are unscathed. Having babies is their latest way of putting my nerves...

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Posted in The Seat Belt.

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Ah now, Christmas just wouldn

Posted on Sun, 12 Dec 2021

Ah now, Christmas just wouldn't be right without a bit of Michael Bublé and those jumpers. I'm sure that if Bill added these to his own festive arrangements his girlfriend would come running back to him. 

An engaging read Paul. I'm looking...

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Posted in Saints and Sinners - A Christmas Fable (Part One of Two)

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I love how your few lovely

Posted on Fri, 10 Dec 2021

I love how your few lovely words can flood my mind with thoughts.

Two lines remind me of my children's excitement in late December when they were young.

Two more take me to those beautiful creatures that wake me early with their...

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Posted in J is for Jingle Bells and Jackdaws (another go at this)

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