Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian

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The new Dick Whittington

One man and his cat

Off to visit ageing friend

Just across the road

Author’s note: Cat is Emmett McCafferty and he’s an excellent mouser!


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Unusual U.K. place names 44. – Huish Episcopi

HUISH EPISCOPI, Somersetshire

Outskirts of langport

Belonged to bishop of Wells

Somerset Levels


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Minnesota Northwoods – Wintertime

I am looking at

silhouette of leafless trees

against dawn’s pale sky


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Woodland Recycling

Rusty leaves falling

to the scrap-yard floor where they

will create new life.


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I can put you in a quandary

What I say is true

You  accept it in good faith

or not believe me


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Bad Days in the USA

Nine Eleven bad day!
Second bad day for U.S.
Eleven nine. Too bad!


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Mr. McCafferty speaks aboutFall mice.

caught a mouse today.
Was thinking, a tasty snack.
work done; a short nap.


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Observations on people

back pew at the church
Middle of the road driving
Front row on a bus.


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Things that go bump in the night.

If it is quite true
that we all return to dust
who’s under my bed?