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Follow me 'ome: April 2009
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Thursday, April 30, 2009. It ain't all Kitten's and calenders. About this time of year in rural Ireland especially in moorland or mountainous areas there seems to be an overwhelming need to set fire to all things brown or heather like! We have no automated means of transporting water to the fire, there is no special way of transporting the heavy wet stuff up the sides of mountains! Usually at the expense of ea...
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Follow me 'ome: January 2011
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Monday, January 17, 2011. TFE's Poetry Bus No.3. Breathing! I haven't figured out how to link yet! Hope for help from a watercat soon)! Anyway for my third ride on TFE's big bus I figured on a Haiku. I have no previous on this Japanese form but will give it a go. This weeks prompt was to shut your eye's and breath, a bit like my first ride on the bus! I breath you in. Your smell intermingles with memory. In th...
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Follow me 'ome: May 2009
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Sunday, May 31, 2009. This week the words to be used were : Parasite, meals on wheels, crows, it's my fault,everything but the kitchen sink,on sale,patriotism,the love of my life,library card,common sence,blackmail,California,stethoscope,postage,crank. What kind of parasite. Around his neck. Boyle eyed the two up and down, the son in tears blubbering "it's my fault,I know it is! The victim knew his attacker!
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Follow me 'ome: sixteen
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Monday, February 7, 2011. The next two weeks are going to be a very busy two weeks, charged full of extreme emotions. For in the coming days our only son becomes sixteen. However like I was at his age, that will be the last thing on his mind! The one in the middle! The photo's of which I have kept for blackmail purposes! And your pink hair, well you must be worth it! Am I a proud dad? What do you think! King o...
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Follow me 'ome: Reasons to be absent. Plus photo's!
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Monday, January 3, 2011. Reasons to be absent. Plus photo's! 2 The emergence of my sister as a great writer! 3 Getting a dog. Picture's I can find. I think therefore I fall artistically somewhere between my sister, the singer songwriter (see the watercats), and my dyslexic brother, the Artist. So for now I will show some of the pictures whilst practicing to find the words! Archie, the small! KING OF THE CAMELS.
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Follow me 'ome: Poetry Bus. Revenge!
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Monday, January 10, 2011. Poetry Bus. Revenge! This weeks Poetry Bus is being driven by The 'Emerging Writer,' the three prompts were hard, in the end I chose prompt 1, Revenge! The tackle made him fall, me on top of him,. He the bully of the school, me the boot at his shin,. In the heat of that moment I had a split second choice,. So I struck while the iron was hot, despite my inner voice. KING OF THE CAMELS.
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Follow me 'ome: March 2010
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Friday, March 26, 2010. A while back (see 'to Oliver' post) I described how my son won a place on his college rugby team. Well, on Wednesday afternoon in front of a crowd of over a hundred, which included both sets of his Grandparents he and his team eclipsed even their wildest dreams. The first five minutes saw Newtown test the Midleton defence, as wave after wave of attacks were seen off in scenes reminiscen...
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Follow me 'ome: Here's what the papers said!
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Friday, February 11, 2011. Here's what the papers said! Two-riffic Midleton put bodies on the line for second title. Plucky Midleton College proved that last years Mungret Shield win was no flash in the pan. From a male student population not greater than 150 students, Midleton College secured their second successive title in dramatic fashion in Clonmel yesterday. Every time an Abbey player looked set to gain ...
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Follow me 'ome: June 2009
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Tuesday, June 9, 2009. From forth the fatal lions of those two foes a pair of star-crossed. Lovers take their life". It's strange how opposites always seem to attract each other. He was big built and loud, very much the swashbuckler. Type, ruggedly handsome, his blue eyes able to pierce her thoughts at twenty paces. She was petite and quiet, butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. As his un-shaven whiskers. Always ...
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Follow me 'ome: I scream at Ice cream!
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A blog about the life and loves of a rural retained firefighter, to include all the juicy bits! Thursday, January 6, 2011. I scream at Ice cream! Is there ever a bad time for ice cream? 2nd generation Italian, fought in the war, smoked camel, and kept a club under the counter in case he got robbed! The vendor looks about sixteen and the ice-cream is a watery generic mush. He has no idea about the importance of 'hundreds and thousands' or what a 'show boat' is, let alone a banana split! And most important...
