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Why?

It’s probably my own fault that I don’t know the reason why. If I could be bothered to actually read the entirety of the blogs it might possibly give...
2,038701Jun 2020Jun 20201 hrs ago

Why I lose my temper

I really should stay away from here, this place just makes me too angry. Stupidity and dishonesty are two of the worst things for making me angry, an...
4,4541562May 2020Jun 20203 hrs ago

Flash Fiction #2. The Appointment

Ainsley Goosebutt had to rush home from work on the Friday if he wasn’t going to be late for his doctor’s appointment. He had a quick shower, made hi...
634150Jan 2020Feb 20207 hrs ago

Intelligent and funny.

If there's anything more attractive than intelligent women, it's funny women. [/youtub...
1,292512Jul 2020Aug 20207 hrs ago

Tragic News

I have just learned that the Titanic has sunk. Someone has created a blog for those who wish to follow events as they unfold. Let's spare a thought...
2,4351080Dec 2019Jan 20207 hrs ago

Mental state on dating profiles

If you are a complete idiot, should you declare it in your profile? If so, then why haven't you?...
1,327450Jul 2020Jun 20218 hrs ago

Fridge Magnets

An awareness of my need to find a means of displaying useful information in such a way as to keep it beyond the bounds of forgetfulness came upon me a...
1,199430Apr 2020Apr 202011 hrs ago

The Frigid Midgets

Part 1 Mrs. Crompton was cycling home to her little cottage in the village when she came upon two diminutive, downcast figures sitting on the grass...
2,078880Apr 2020Apr 202011 hrs ago

My blog door is always open

Please feel free to visit anytime. I'm expecting a very special guest, but he won't come if he thinks we are waiting for him, so I want everyone to...
1,606750Dec 2019Dec 201912 hrs ago

Captain Apocalypse is back

I see the ocean going crackpot has lost his marbles altogether. Or is he just hoping that he can persuade us to lose ours....
847310Apr 2020Apr 202014 hrs ago

Flash Fiction

This is an attempt at flash fiction. I’m not completely sure what flash fiction is, so it might have been a bit rash of me to try and produce it befo...
1,084360Oct 2019Oct 201916 hrs ago

I have a dream

I had the dream again last night; the same dream I have had for countless nights; the dream that haunts my waking hours. I am on a packed rush hour...
1,885810Apr 2020Apr 202019 hrs ago

Da Vinci code mystery takes new twist

Startling revelation as work of art undergoes restoration work....
8,5263413Jan 2020Jun 202119 hrs ago

Churches

Throughout my life, my association with the Church has been very casual. I daresay I must have been christened in one, but I don’t remember anything...
1,629530Feb 2020Feb 202020 hrs ago

The Christmas walk

I got an email from my walking group today. The proposed Boxing Day walk has been changed to another route because of all the rain we've had lately....
566110Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 22

Who will save us?

We are living in very troubling times. We all know this because of the enlightening videos that numerous public spirited bloggers are constantly post...
1,568730Apr 2020Apr 2020Apr 22

Today

Today I am going to do the long overdue job of giving my bathroom (it's a bathroom without a bath) a good clean. I may be gone some time....
931330May 2020May 2020Apr 22

Flash Fiction #3. The Gnomes

A return to an old theme. Claude Moonpenny had a collection of rare, erotic gnomes. He had a few conventional gnomes in his front garden, but the...
456120Feb 2020Feb 2020Apr 21

Time

For quite a long time I have had an intuitive feeling that there is no such thing as time. Yet I can’t even say that without recruiting the concept o...
1,668530Jun 2020Jun 2020Apr 21

How to grow old

Today we are going to be looking at growing old, and how to avoid doing it with dignity. People often ask me how I get away with behaving so immatu...
1,599610Jan 2020Feb 2020Apr 20

Rain, what's it all about?

You can be walking along one minute, and everything is fine, then suddenly water starts falling on you. And we just accept it without question. Some...
816220Nov 2019Nov 2019Apr 20

Daddy, teach me how to pray

Thank you, Daddy....
42610Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 20

No need to be alarmed

If you are out in the countryside in springtime, and come across a pond with a jelly like substance floating in the water, please don't panic. Contra...
572100May 2020May 2020Apr 20

Mr. Wilson Comes to Tea

From the author of The Frigid Midgets, more adventures from Mrs. Crompton’s garden. [/youtub...
2,179750May 2020May 2020Apr 20

The sparing of the rod

A short story by me. “Spare the rod, sir,” begged Featherstone, hopefully. “I take no pleasure in this, Featherstone,” said the Headma...
816280Jan 2020Jan 2020Apr 20

What's the difference.

Between the forum, the blogs and the poetry section? They all seem to work on different time scales. In the forum the responses can be measured in...
1,143550Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 20

The Brothers of Truth

Sorry, no blog. What I am thinking simply cannot be put into words....
820250May 2020Jun 2020Apr 20

Interesting

When I open up Youtube I am presented with a seemingly random selection of videos. Most look boring, but every now and then one of them catches my at...
653160Jun 2020Jun 2020Apr 20

Time for a cultural interlude

I wandered lonely on a bleak high hill, but not as lonely as a Lakeland cloud. Nor did I see a single daffodil, despite my reading Wordsworth out a...
679210Apr 2020Apr 2020Apr 20

Once you get something into your head

I was once swimming in the sea on holiday; not very far out and my feet could still touch the floor. I noticed something moving from the corner of my...
1,010420Apr 2020Apr 2020Apr 20

I dreamed a dream

Last night I dreamt that all the days of the week had different names to their usual ones. Monday to Saturday were named after the Mitford sisters; s...
36970Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 20

Colditz

I delivered a radiator to an address in Calver, Derbyshire, the other day. The address turned out to be a massive 19th century mill that had been tur...
758150Jan 2020Jan 2020Apr 20

What I've been up to

I've been spending a lot of my free time -of which I have quite a large amount at the moment- messing about with a 3D modelling computer programme....
719220Apr 2020Apr 2020Apr 20

Washday Blues

In this week’s laundry there were two shirts; a blue one and a red checked one. The blue shirt always had blue buttons and the red shirt had white bu...
1,125360Dec 2019Jan 2020Apr 20

Pie

Sometimes I include a family size fruit pie in my weekly shopping. It could be cherry or rhubarb, but is more usually apple. I do my shopping at the...
1,331600Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 20

The last villager

At the beginning of 1943 the Derbyshire village of Derwent stood abandoned by all but one remaining inhabitant. By the autumn of that year the villag...
54470Jan 2020Jan 2020Apr 20

I really must go. But Baby it's cold outside.

It's October 31st and we're still in the EU. No ifs, no buts, come Hell or high water....
719210Oct 2019Nov 2019Apr 20

Why?

Why are some people so uptight about breaking the rule on not asking questions in a blog? If, when asked why such a rule should be rigorously obeyed,...
1,233420Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 20

Gone but not forgotten

I've just become aware that Daniela has cancelled her account. I am devastated. As this site is being dominated more and more by agenda driven extre...
795380Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 20

A Christmas Wish

I have written on nine Christmas cards the words, “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. The cards will be distributed to their designated recipient...
686360Dec 2019Dec 2019Apr 20

What next?

I am writing this to the sound of the karaoke version of Bat Out Of Hell blasting through the estate that I live on. Just across the road is a man w...
1,029490Apr 2020Apr 2020Apr 20

The only game in town

I've got into the habit of playing the card game solitaire on my computer lately, when I can't be bothered to do anything else. We always called that...
562260May 2020May 2020Apr 20

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