Monthly Archives: May 2008

Rear window

Posted on May 26, 2008 by blogmywiki

Years ago I used to share a large house with my girlfriend and her dad. It was a bit of an odd arrangement, but I think he was lonely and desperately wanted his daughter to move back in. She made … Continue reading →

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In watermelon sugar the deeds were done…

Posted on May 21, 2008 by blogmywiki

Just took my Richard Brautigan anthology off the shelf and it looks like I haven’t read it in a while. The bookmark is one of the strips of paper BBC World Service studio managers used to write their shifts down … Continue reading →

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I love Steven Moffat

Posted on May 21, 2008 by blogmywiki

Who?! The man who is talking over Doctor Who from Russel T Davies. The seriously cool man who wrote the Best. Episode. Ever: “Blink”. He also wrote “The Empty Child” (‘are you my mummy?’) which is the SCARIEST. EPISODE. EVER. … Continue reading →

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Church Halls

Posted on May 17, 2008 by blogmywiki

I love church halls and village halls. I can still recall the mural in the village hall where I grew up in North Somerset, painted in the 1960s with villagers of the time dancing round a may pole. Today my … Continue reading →

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The Tree that Couldn’t Grow Leaves

Posted on May 13, 2008 by blogmywiki

(another short story, I’m afraid… look away) Winterlong the tall tree stood shoulder-to-shoulder with all the other trees beside the busy road that snaked through the forest. The tree spent the short days watching the ebb and flow of the … Continue reading →

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