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Meadowhead Bard

Random and surreal poetry satire and short stories.

nostalgia

  • Miss Spent Youth.

    I have always loved old cars, whenever I see an old MG, Mini or Triumph it takes me back to my youth. I passed my driving test first time at age 17. My first car a white Triumph Herald 12/50 with sunroof. They were fantastic cars, way ahead of their time, but they were built… Read more

  • Bard from the Shop.

    Rambling warning!!! There are now very few shops that cater for my hobby of building model cars, but to open such a shop would be tantamount to suicide, there just isn’t enough demand, most people now are not not interested in practical skills, it’s all instant gratification, and virtual reality, so no it wouldn’t be… Read more

  • Shopping.

    Shopping was a weekly ritual for my mum, not like shopping as we know it now, at least here in the UK. I help out a friend at our local DIY (Hardware) shop, so many customers comment on how nice it is to come into a “Proper” shop, have a chat, share a joke or… Read more

  • The Birthday Suit

    When I was a teen, I had a suede leather jacket, an almost exact replica of the one Dylan wears on the sleeve of his second album The Free Wheeling Bob Dylan, I could have worn that jacket until it fell apart. My father though had other ideas. It was at the time of my… Read more