Turlough
Primary tabs
I have 161 stories published in
7 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 341750 times
and 218 of my stories have been cherry picked.
688 of my 2,547 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 720 votes
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.
A great poem Rhiannon, the
Posted on Thu, 06 Jan 2022
A great poem Rhiannon, the final verse of which is right on the nail.
I rarely disclose this secret, so please don't tell a soul, but when my three kids were very small my wife and I bought them very little for Christmas or birthdays...
Read full commentPosted in Toy Explosion …
Thanks very much Di.
Posted on Tue, 04 Jan 2022
Thanks very much Di.
I'm sure it won't be very long before the need arises to add more verses.
The cats sleep wherever they want to sleep. Sometimes huddled together. Sometimes alone on a chair or a shelf. Sometimes with the dogs....
Read full commentPosted in Priyatelka, Turlough and the House of Cats
This is great!
Posted on Tue, 04 Jan 2022
This is great!
When I was a working man, many of my less youthful clients worked as volunteers in charity shops. They told me some lovely stories about their colleagues and customers and how a sense of comradeship and doing some good...
Read full commentPosted in Charity Shop Girls
I have several cats and
Posted on Mon, 03 Jan 2022
I have several cats and several lamps. Now I just need to start painting.
I'm just popping off to become fabulously rich. Back soon!
Read full commentPosted in A Tribute to a Formerly Unknown Artist
I find it quite disturbing
Posted on Sun, 02 Jan 2022
I find it quite disturbing when the person behind me in a supermarket check-out queue comments on my choice of coffee, yoghurt, toilet rolls, etc. but your story is deeply disturbing. I doubt I'll be shopping for anything ever again.
Read full commentPosted in Five Other People Are Looking At This Item
It did indeed work. That's
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
It did indeed work. That's great news. I'll give it a whirl tomorrow.
Thank you very much for that.
Read full commentPosted in Playlist: Plastic Sunrise
I was always under the
Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021
I was always under the impression that mistletoe was very harmful to its host trees, but it seems not. So that's a bit of good news to start a new year. I'll redirect my wrath to the ivy now ... another of nature's gems that needs to be...
Read full commentPosted in Mistletoe
I can never resist someone
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
I can never resist someone else's playlist. This, together with a jug of coffee and the last of the festive biscuits, will keep me occupied for the afternoon.
Честита нова година!
Read full commentPosted in Playlist: Plastic Sunrise
Your wish is my commanc, so I
Posted on Thu, 30 Dec 2021
Your wish is my command, so I've added masterpieces to my to do list for 2022.
And I wish you all the very best for the New Year.
Read full commentPosted in Haemorrhoid Android
Hello Rhiannon.
Posted on Fri, 31 Dec 2021
Hello Rhiannon.
Your poem is a perfect description of what I see when I walk down the lane to our village.
The words
jaded damp sodden
work so well together to describe the atmosphere at this time of year. ...
Read full commentPosted in Turn of the year ’scape
Pages