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I’m in the mood

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Meat

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Like most people of my generation, I was raised on meat. It was there at nearly every meal and when it wasn't there, there was fish instead. We had bacon, liver, sausages, mince, lamb, chicken, beef, roasted pork and on Christmas Day we had a big fat turkey with all the trimmings. As a child I never even heard of vegetarianism. It wasn't a possibility and as for veganism, well I might have thought it was some obscure eastern religion.  Once upon a raft in the middle of an Austrian lake, I pulled in a sea line with several hooks upon it. I must have been ten or eleven years old. On every hook there was a beautiful fish, writhing in the air, their silvery scales catching the sunlight of that August morning. I called to my brother Paul who was on the shore, "I've caught some fish! What do I do?" "Bash 'em with the paddle! Kill 'em!" he called back. "What? I can't do that!" I said and paddled back to the shore with the writhing f...

Mingling

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The plastic box kinda kills the photo but it’s a must as the postman refuses to use the letter box due to Mary’s game of bite the postie It’s hot and humid today and just like the matriarch Winnie , used to do , Dorothy has laid her nipples to cold concrete in an effort to remain cool. The honeysuckle over the front door is heavy with perfume which can be smelt from halfway up the lane. Just by opening the lounge window allows the perfume to creep around the cottage scot free. Monday we will learn if the final covid restrictions will be lifted on June 21st.  I suspect they will in place for yet another month so hopefully the 19th of July will be the final cutoff point. I hope so as I’m back in London for a whole three night weekend July 23rd Look At him! Galavanting again ! I hear you say  My next jaunt to the city will be another eclectic visit.  The main thrust will be Nu’s post covid party where her friends from all over will finally meet together but o...

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