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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…]

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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…]

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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…]

Authoritarianism

A View From The Greenhouse; Hooptedoodle

2nd September 2025 Colin Cross 0

A normal Sunday morning, or so one might think. The end of August is damp and fairly breezy up here in the hinterlands, but nothing out of the ordinary for the time of year. My [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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An Old Man’s Musings Part Thirty-Eight

31st August 2025 Going Postal 0

A headline caught my eye : ‘Tenant renting out London council house while iving in Ethiopia among dozens to have property seized.’ Says it all about the current state of soft touch Britain brought about [more…]

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Larry’s Diary, Two Hundred And Ninety-Four

31st August 2025 Going Postal 0

Monday Good morning, friends, my good friends. The weather forecast said warm and sunny this morning, but they seem to have got it wrong again. It’s dull and overcast. However, the mood is bright in [more…]

Fiction

Downfall, Chapter Four

30th August 2025 Going Postal 0

“Why ‘Mac the Knife’?” “I think he had a very Scottish name, his surname was ‘Mac’ something, one of the other guys must have called him that during their training and it stuck.” “You don’t [more…]

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