Category Archives: Humour

The demon list

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I went to bed at half past one, The list was almost halfway done But then, it only lists by item… Some jobs last ad infinitum. So that mid-point is false you see But the illusion comforts me… I can … Continue reading →

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Guest author- Tallis Steelyard aka Jim Webster… The value of money

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It is perhaps salutary to look back and contemplate the changes one has seen in one’s life. Indeed it can be interesting to look at the changes one has, by one’s efforts, helped to initiate. Some ideas have faded, others … Continue reading →

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Guest writer: Tric Kearney – Chancer

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I’m a writer…Really? “Hi, I’m Tric, (pronounced Trish), I live in Ireland and I’m a writer.” There’s a first. I don’t think I’ve ever written that before and it’s made me smile, because as I hear myself say ‘I’m a … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog – War and peace

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Sparrows, she said.  Ha! If only… It’s been peaceful since we moved here. Apart from the cows and the postman… and a few odd visitors like the hedgehog. I was really starting to feel I could relax a bit. She … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Barb Taub – That time we were kidnapped in #India…#travel #humor

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There are writers whose work has a certain predictability about it. My guest today is one of them. I have learned to put down the coffee and place breakable objects at a safe distance when a post from Barb Taub … Continue reading →

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Ani does Macbeth (again)… the dog-treat scene

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Is this a dog treat which I see before me, Thus dangled before my nose? Come, let me crunch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Thou art not, fatal vision, sensible For the volume of … Continue reading →

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Notes from a small dog – The gloating mole

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Frankly, there is no doing anything with her today.  It doesn’t take much to make her happy… give her an ice-cream, a five minute break from tennis-ball-throwing or a whiff of heather and she’s content. Not that she is getting … Continue reading →

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Kids #midnighthaiku

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Sue Vincent
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Comfort

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Sue Vincent

I leave my dog curled up in bed, I say goodnight and stroke her head. The bed she’s carried to the hall To guard my door (and guard her ball) So all night long, I’ll know she’s there And I … Continue reading →

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Stilwater the Squid Wrestler from Tallis Steelyard

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Strangely enough, recently a number of people have asked me to tell them the tale of Stilwater the Squid Wrestler. At one time I told it regularly, but after a short while you realise that there is a danger that … Continue reading →

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