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deirdyweirdy
@deirdyweirdy
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A woman of few words
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2017-05-13 13:32
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Wednesday Walk
1y
Close encounter
As I’ve related before, because I do love to repeat myself, I moved to the country five years ago, and through no fault of my own, acquired four dogs. Back in the city, I never walked for pleasure. I was
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The fine art of being human.
If you’re one of my blog's many avid readers, you’re already well aware of the numerous fine qualities that make me an ideal role model. Let’s begin with my exquisite manners. And when I say 'manners'
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1y
Fantasy Island
I don’t think I complain nearly enough, considering the sheer volume of nonsense to be righteously irritated about. There’s the weather, naturally, and then there are other people, who never fail to find
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Little and large
When you’ve retired to the middle of nowhere to live off the fat of the land and you don’t drive, your activity options are severely limited. There’s mucking out the chicken shed, downright torturous during
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Locked and loaded.
Given the choice between a zombie apocalypse and being the last living person on Earth, I’d have to go with the zombies. I mean, without other people around, who would appreciate my clever quips, my bon
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Weekend Experiences
1y
SNAFU.
I couldn't claim to be brilliant in many areas. Well, I could, but I'd be fibbing. I’m more of a jack of all trades. I can do a bit of everything, but nothing brilliantly. Except for my organisational
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Freewriters
1y
Deep
A story in 50 words
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Silence...Please!
When you’re a geriatric gardener sharing quarters with four dogs, twenty chickens and two monstrous men, peace and solitude become the holy grail of weekends. I need no disco lights, no barbecues, no sand
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Dream world
My earliest memory is of my mother screaming as she tried to throw me out of a second-storey window. As a child I had this recurring nightmare, hands gripping me under the arms, my feet dangling mid-air
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Metamorphosis.
When I was a child showers were magical things they had in America. In Ireland, we had baths...once a week. I didn’t experience the joy of a shower until 1973, when my brother came out as a handyman, rigged
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Might-have-beens
Me and my first love in happy days If you know me at all dear reader, you will not be surprised to learn that I can recall not a singe occasion on which I have been a dickhead. Lest age has dulled my memory,
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HiveGarden
1y
Everything in the garden is rosy
It’s lashing down outside after a month of wall to wall sunshine, practically unknown in Ireland, so instead of spending hours watering, watering everywhere, I’m sitting on my arse to write about it. Why
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Mankind
I’ve never been married but have lived with a few guys over the years, though not all simultaneously. For me, to be good relationship material, a man must be manly. There are things in a relationship that
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Freewriters
1y
Wired.
Sent by the boss to chivy the electrician rewiring the office, Mo finds chaos. "This must be finished by 3" she scolds. "You're pulling my wire" "No I'm deadly serious" 'No,
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Take my advice!
The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people. George Bernard Shaw No, I don’t want to lose weight. Like everything else about me, at 47 kilos, or 101 lbs for those of you still living
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Freewriters
1y
Revolting.
The Freedom Party's leader, the people's champion, stood before the crowd. "Come the revolution", he declared, "we'll all have strawberries and cream". "But I don't like strawberries
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Divine.
I could give you three pages on why you should like me, let alone three reasons, but in the interests of brevity, and it is the soul of wit, I shall mention just three. Firstly, I’m environmentally friendly,
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1y
Sugar, spice and all things nice
I’m not boasting when I say I’m among the loveliest people you could meet. I’m reliable, responsible and honest, well, mostly. I may tell a fib or two in a tight spot, but I make up for that with my fierce
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Rant, Complain, Talk
1y
Sunblock
In days of yore, when sense was common, if anyone were to mention blocking out the sun, it'd be on with the straitjacket and off to the asylum quick smart. Alas the age of common sense is dead, lunacy
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Weekend Experiences
1y
Intrepid.
In English: Don't surrender while you've life left in you I reckon if I came upon someone being assaulted, I’d wade in fists flying. I practised Karate in my youth and had several boxing lessons, like
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