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An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Nine

7th September 2025 Going Postal 0

My poor old mind biggles at the knee deep stupidity which engulfs us : ‘I named my daughter Crumpets and now she’s being relentlessly bullied.’ Doh. Perhaps she should have called her Pikelets? Thank you [more…]

Animals

Larry’s Diary, Week Two Hundred And Ninety-Five

7th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, friends. It’s a most unusual day today, a warm and sunny Bank Holiday Monday. It usually rains on a bank holiday, but I think the weather gods have got it wrong, as [more…]

Fiction

Downfall, Chapter Five

6th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Sally’s hair was still damp as they waited in the bar for Jane Goodley to arrive, Sally was smartly dressed, Dave was in jeans and a shirt, there hadn’t been time to have his suit [more…]

Arts

Fabulously Flamboyant Friday – Um… Karl Who?

5th September 2025 Going Postal 0

Welcome back my friends, to the flamboyance that never ends, as Fabulously Flamboyant Friday sashays up to the crease to deliver yet another light-loafered, lubed-up googly from the gasworks-end of musical magnificence. Since our last [more…]

Jinnie
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Jinnie’s Story, Book Eight – Chapter Twenty-Seven

4th September 2025 Going Postal 0

All the drive back to the villa, Jinnie pondered on her conversation with Jorja. Jinnie was happy with her decision to have her concentrate on Bearcat Catering and handing over the development of Aunty JoJo’s [more…]

Book Review

Book Review: I Survived, by Victoria Cilliers

3rd September 2025 Going Postal 0

The recent tragic suicide by parachute jump of  experienced skydiver Jade Damarell, widely reported in the media, brought to mind the Cilliers case of a few years ago, which Victoria Cilliers goes into in this [more…]

Human Interest

The Italian Job, Part 7

3rd September 2025 Going Postal 0

Well, we were finally here. We had successfully booked in the previous night and unlike previous hotel stops, we had to have a twin room as opposed to a room each. I never stopped to [more…]

Health

The Big Big D

2nd September 2025 Going Postal 0

From HMS Pinafore: Captain: Bad language or abuse, I never, never use, Whatever the emergency; Though “bother it” I may occasionally say, I never use a big, big D — Chorus: What, never? Captain: No, [more…]

Hobbies

Postcard from Cornwall (Porthleven)

1st September 2025 Going Postal 0

It must be close on 20 years since we last holidayed in Cornwall.  We used to go every summer when our children were young but the lure of foreign holidays and the dread of getting [more…]

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