“Twaddle”: meaning : balderdash,baloney,silly idle talk, insignificant, worthless, nonsense,untrue, prating, tedious, feeble…etcetera , etcetera..ad finitum……. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. Twaddell : A roundabout seemingly named after William John Twaddell (1884 – 22 May 1922) who was a Unionist politician from Belfast.William Twaddell worked as a draper in Belfast city where he attended and was educated to primary school […]
Author Harry McAvinchey
WHAT IS THIS NAMA THING ALL ABOUT ?
Do you ever feel that you are out of the loop? No sooner have you got your head around the political situation in the Middle East when suddenly there’s something happening in South America or one of the African countries.Then something happens in America or Putin invades some country and you’re caught on the hop […]
ARE WE ALL VICTIMS OF THE TROUBLES?
Why are there more people claiming for disability in Norneverland than anywhere else? Is there a greater degree of incapacity , physically ,or more likely , mentally ,here, moreso than anywhere else.Why is that so, if it is indeed a fact? Is it a side-effect of living in a self-sustaining lunatic asylum where the rule […]
IN CLEAR AND PLAIN SIGHT
I looked up while showering this morning and a droplet of water briefly flooded my right eye. momentarily allowing me to read the words “MIRA Sport” , the nomenclature of the showering unit ,in very sharply defined detail.That is an unusual occurrence because without my spectacles I’m as blind as the proverbial flying rodent.I’m the […]
AUTUMNTIME
A fuschia waterfall of colour is spilling off the verge onto the road .The good wife is nagging me to cut the bushes back before the neighbours start complaining or if it continues to grow across the road. I shrug it off as best I can. Some things are more important than the neighbours’ momentary […]
IT GETS STICKY
I suppose five stings wasn’t too bad , all things considered.I blame a momentary compulsion on my part. I could have simply been patient and waited. Two honeybees managed to sting me twice on the right arm, just above my gauntlet.It’s funny how they know exactly where to strike the most vulnerable areas. Another angry […]
THE TROWEL
It ‘s a worn old thing now. I was looking at the bricklayer’s trowel in my hand, once an extension of my father’s own hand and now on this particular day , a pointed extremity of my own.It was one of the few things I inherited from him .He wasn’t really one for amassing […]
THE SPUDS YOU LIKE
Some people hold great “store” by the labelling of food in their shops and supermarkets. I noticed this myself recently while buying some spuds for dinner. As usual there is a goodly selection to choose from . There are earth apples from Israel, Spain , Ireland and the UK.Lovely white Cyprus potatoes to be simply […]
ANOTHER WEE JOB
Sometimes there really are not enough hours in the day to do everything that needs to be done .Part of that is down to the erratic summer weather this year .It has left many outside projects compressed until the last possible moment awaiting the first clement spell of sunshine to proceed . It’s not only […]
“THE WRITING ON THE WALL” – a review by Harry McAvinchey
“THE WRITING ON THE WALL” BY STUART BORTHWICK Large Paperback: 240 pages square format Publisher: The Bluecoat Press (20 Oct. 2015) ISBN-10: 1908457279 ISBN-13: 978-1908457271 R.S.Price : £18.00 or thereabouts… In the cities and towns of Northern Ireland, perhaps uniquely in all of the world, the citizens have found the need over several generations […]