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What is it that those TV ads are trying to tell us?…

But first…Dulltown UK: Today’s dictionary word is, isobront.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Internet banking! – a million drivers – weird or what? – as pure as a parent’s love – colour vibrantly! – it brightens our mood – more vitamin C! – two for … Continue reading

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4765.

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s ancient expletive is, ‘By Cok’s Body!’A very early oath, where ‘Cok’ is a corruption of God.From Bozzimacoo… a very good book on swearing, by Mary Marshall, 1975.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s an old mail art postcard of mine, it … Continue reading

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That lino print with the curves…

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: asper, knag, praxinoscope, glyph, cogue, and siamang. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences, ready for Professor Mouldie first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. Should the professor turn up … Continue reading

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Look out!… Look out!… Here it comes!…

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s instruction is: to peel back and discard the outer sticky layer, feel the under-crust with a finger for any protuberances or anomalies, pull out the plunger marked with a black cross and see that it slides … Continue reading

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4862…

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s weather will feature: blustery gusts, tall trees bending over a bit, leaves flickering and showing their pale undersides, cans clanking down pavements into gutters, white oblong virus masks caught in privet hedges, TV aerials quivering on … Continue reading

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4861…

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected colours are: Brahms blue, Mendelssohn mauve, BartĂłk brown, Wagner white, Liszt lilac, Rachmaninoff red, and Prokofiev pink.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Drab weather here. Feeling a bit listless and moribund?Look! This will cheer you up!… You can’t beat … Continue reading

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4827…

But first…Dulltown, UK: Today’s carefully selected adjectives are: corpulent, alimental, matutinal, thrummy, octennial, dyslogistic, and blithering.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, it’s yet another of my mail art postcards – a simple collage on bright card using clippings from that awful and dumbed-down UK … Continue reading

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Mail Art Postcard. No. 4813…

But first… Dulltown, UK: Today’s dictionary words are: wittol, pastourelle, wishtonwish, gantlope, rockaway, and ballow. Please have these words looked up and placed in suitable sentences ready for Professor Mouldie’s Persian cat Jemima first thing after breakfast tomorrow morning. The … Continue reading

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Mail Art Postcard No. 4569…

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s instruction is to hold a ripe banana in each hand at arm’s length to left and right, look up to the sky but with eyes closed, wiggle your toes in your shoes, and hum the … Continue reading

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At the country fete…

But first… Dulltown, Europe: Today’s weather will feature blue cubes stacked high, gusty grey lozenges, frayed white strings, and brief interludes of yellow warmth. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here’s another picture from my days of old-style film and darkroom photography; this one was … Continue reading

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