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December 2020 1 2015. The trials of having a pet 2 2016. Stuffed toys 3 2017. The murderer was blond 4 2018. DIY murder 5 2019. A gaggle of gossipers 6 2020. The camel was designed by a committee

November 2020 1 1986. Pulling a few strings 2 1888. I can't think of everything at once 3 1987. The number of toffees 4 1988. Granny's gift 5 1989. Daughter memories 6 1990. Ha! Ha! Ha! 7 1991. Alien Class 8 1992. Things that quickly fade 9 1993. Body in the woodshed 10 1994. Magic mirror 11 1995. Snuffed in ignorance 12 1996. Poolside accident 13 1997. Hickory dickory dock 14 1998. Practical Felicity 15 1999. Rich kids 16 2000. The nicest you'll get 17 2001. Share and share alike 18 2002. No stone unturned 19 2003. The fortunes of Mavis 20 2004. Innocent of murder 21 2005. Ornamental argument 22 2006. Online business meeting 23 2007. What to do? 24 2008. Cruising the Universe 25 2009. Tortino di riso alla valdostana 26 2010. Happy Thanksgiving! 27 2011. Visiting an aunt 28 2012. Traditional wedding plans 29 2013. Don't count your chickens 30 2014. A smoking gun

October 2020 1 1955. Daffodil order 2 1956. If there’s one thing I’ve learnt 3 1957. Class break 4 1958. Apple-Song and Acorn-Rain 5 1959. A finger in every pie 6 1960. A standing ovation 7 1961. An exclusive club 8 1962. Interplanetary Cultural Exchange 9 1963. Snap shot on Mars 10 1964. Technological wizardry 11 1965. Just down the corridor 12 1966. The whimsies of tourism 13 1967. Introduced species 14 1968. Planet of Flowers 15 1969. Nesting season 16 1970. Gadget man 17 1971. Oh sugar! 18 1972. Touch type 19 1973. Renovations 20 1974. Fallen off the edge 21 1975. Beach pebbles 22 1976. First class 23 1977. The way the wind blows 24 1978. Bedtime story 25 1979. The passing of a spouse 26 1980. Warm teapot 27 1981. A well-planned homicide 28 1982. Invisible aliens 29 1983. Bird of Paradise 30 1984. Honey, I never made it 31 1985. Haunted House Murder

September 2020 1 1925. Three minutes of fame 2 1926. Lockdown down 3 1927. Bon voyage 4 1928. Church flowers 5 1929. One never knows 6 1930. A brief (and silly) floral reflection 7 1931. A story with an illuminating moral 8 1932. Abhorrence for brassicas 9 1933. Two deaths on the one day 10 1934. Adventure desired 11 1935. Serial killer research 12 1936. Chop! Chop the head off! 13 1937. Ayleen bakes a cake for Rodney 14 1938. Water birth 15 1939. To die alphabetically 16 1940. How a little lake could hold such joy 17 1941. Helmut's special birthday 18 1942. Mousy Cameron’s cake 19 1943. A train to catch 20 1944. I didn't know 21 1945. The case of the mysterious proposal 22 1946. Tropical Plants Conservatory 23 1947. Seasonal Alphonso 24 1948. That was a close call 25 1949. A guilt trip 26 1950. Trans-species compensation 27 1951. Daylight saving 28 1952. On wicked witches and stepmothers 29 1953. Those space aliens 30 1954. Dismantling the chicken coop

August 2020 1 1894. Wild game 2 1895. Cruel names 3 1896. A compromising situation 4 1897. The maze 5 1898. The dead tree 6 1899. Digital poppies 7 1900. Cattlestop Theatre 8 1901. Some things don't change 9 1902. Elegy 10 1903. Vegan and non-vegan pies 11 1904. Marriage Enrichment Program 12 1905. Norton’s apparently useless invention 13 1906. The old shrub 14 1907. Breaking News 15 1908. Adriana, the pessimist 16 1909. Just dessert 17 1910. Grandfather Giuseppe 18 1911. How wonderful to be beautiful 19 1912. Woodland ghost 20 1913. Lovey 21 1914. The Aqueduct Plugger Award 22 1915. How to pick up guys 23 1916. Why don't you suck eggs? 24 1917. Tit-for-tat 25 1918. Some things count 26 1919. A gated community 27 1920. The fulfilment of a dream 28 1921. The floozy and the frump 29 1922. Walking the city walls 30 1923. My beautiful Bubble 31 1924. On talking to a telegraph pole

July 2020 1 1865. Early shopping 2 1866. The final meal 5 1867. The life of a grasshopper sucks 6 1868. Liberation 7 1869. Water tank winter walk 8 1870. Quotations and Announcement 9 1871. Good morning, Creative Writing Class 10 1872. Award 21. 11 1873. A sympathetic response 12 1874. Outside a thrush was singing 13 1875. The old woodshed 14 1876. Cosmos seed heads 15 1877. The time had come 16 1878. The opening sentence 17 1879. Really, really dumb 18 1880. No bucket list 19 1881. Cross that bridge 20 1882. Hovering space craft 21 1883. Garden tools 22 1884. How to succeed 23 1885. Kent's gabions 24 1886. A small tragedy 25 1887. The harmonious blacksmith 27 1889. A Mystery at Te Popo 28 1890. A spelling competition 29 1891. Only one miracle allowed 30 1892. Damp bath towels 31 1893. Daily shower

June 2020 1 1835. Don't overfeed pets 2 1836. Reap what you sow 3 1837. Mother Thrush's baby, Guzzle-Beak 4 1838. A handy tip 5 1839. The truth about fairies 6 1840. Census records 7 1841. Eustace's ducks 8 1842. A garden makeover 9 1843. Hearty food 10 1844. Boarding the train 11 1845. To find someone nice 12 1846. A sometimes over-sombre occasion 13 1847. It pays to check 14 1848. Selwyn’s oeuvre 15 1849. Midmorning coffee 16 1850. How I (usually) write a story 17 1851. Memory lapse 18 1852. After the long journey 19 1853. Goldfish pond murder 20 1854. Lone tree 21 1855. Fate deals the cards 22 1856. The fart cushion 23 1857. Magic mushrooms 24 1858. Jack the Giant Killer 25 1859. A page in history 26 1860. An obsession with porn 27 1861. Strange goings-on 28 1862. Large family 29 1863. Late winter 30 1864. An unsolved murder

May 2020 1 1805. Motherly advice 2 1806. Alleluia! the cat 4 1807. A long tall yarn 5 1808. Wax works 6 1809. Beautiful shoes 7 1810. Creative names 8 1811. The stamp of fame 9 1812. It's so rewarding 10 1813. It's all in the telling 11 1814. So talented! 12 1815. Cause for celebration 13 1816. The daily scenario 14 1817. A close shave 15 1818. A bird's-eye view 16 1819. The child prodigy 17 1820. People in glass houses 18 1821. Mine garden 19 1822. You're under arrest 20 1823. Adventure on the high seas 21 1824. Lockdown and the end of the golden weather 22 1825. Naming the child 23 1826. Knitting needling 24 1827. A dear husband's passing 25 1828. Who's the lucky fella? 26 1829. The birthday gift 27 1830. Poached salmon 28 1831. The invasion 29 1832. A spoonful of sugar 30 1833. The story of a little painting 31 1834. Kitchen spat

April 2020 1 1777. A pathetic disguise 2 1778. A wallow in luxury 3 1779. The days were drawing out 4 1780. Grandma Mother-in-law 5 1781. Cut off from the world 6 1782. Developing varieties of sweet pea 7 1783. Soup and toast 8 1784. House renovation 9 1785. Waiting. Knitting. 10 1786. Good Friday 11 1787. A phenomenal singing voice 12 1788. Noah 13 1789. Sasha's collection 14 1790. To catch a thief 15 1791. Trip of a life time 16 1792. The Gentle Redneck 18 1793. Tea 19 1794. Peeling potatoes 20 1795. Future classroom dialogue 21 1796. Chocolates for grandparents 22 1797. Funeral demands 23 1798. Wild berry expert 24 1799. A full set of teeth 25 1800. Military training 26 1801. A dollop of cream 27 1802. The raffle 28 1803. Box in the attic 30 1804. Hilarious

March 2020 1 1748. Glorious sunset! 2 1749. A symphonic desire 3 1750. Oh rats! 4 1751. Loss of Virtue 5 1752. A winning day 6 1753. Brindle Petal 7 1754. A-hunting we will go 8 1755. The spice of life 9 1756. Maureen's birthday celebration 10 1757. You're hired! 11 1758. The Sunny Nook Strangler 12 1759. My jigger 13 1760. Penny-farthing excursions 14 1761. Off the phone 15 1762. Alien infiltration 16 1763. Here comes the bride 17 1764. Giggling Gerties 18 1765. Thanks for the poetry 20 1766. Do not take this... 21 1767. Chopper tragedy 23 1768. Look out 24 1769. Wasting time 25 1770. That's how you do it 26 1771. Breakfast announcement 27 1772. A close encounter 28 1773. After the pandemic 29 1774. The Perfect Book Tag 30 1775. Life's not a bed of roses 31 1776. I enjoy being a billionaire

February 2020 1 1719. Bottoms up! 2 1720. Unhealthy food 3 1721. Funny old lady 4 1722. Sunflowers 5 1723. Roadside poppies 6 1724. Fate steps in 7 1725. Perambulators 8 1726. A lesson to us all 9 1727. Pamela makes a cake 10 1728. An ancient artefact 11 1729. Unwanted guests 12 1730. The plot continues 13 1731. It's still raining 14 1732. A not uncommon phenomenon 15 1733. A sally into the Trojan War 16 1734. A misplaced apostrophe 17 1735. Aunt Natalia wasn't a bad old stick 18 1736. The child can decide 19 1737. A funny story 20 1738. Calamitous culinary concoction 21 1739. The sound of music 22 1740. A tale of a transcriptionist 23 1741. Filling in her day 24 1742. A chiming tale 25 1743. Life on Earth 26 1744. Toast for breakfast 27 1745. Just like Granny used to make 28 1746. The kindness of strangers 29 1747. A running leap

January 2020 3 1701. Natural-born loser 4 1702. Exotic fossilization 5 1703. Battery hens 6 1704. Snip! Snip! 7 1705. Merry Philly 8 1706. The tales of two food bins 18 1707. A chef for the homeless 19 1708. The Oxford Comma 20 1709. Molly, the last of her kind 21 1710. God is watching 22 1711. Mirror, mirror 23 1712. High standards 24 1713. Lion tamer 25 1714. The incomprehensibility of tragedy 26 1715. Belinda solves a problem 27 1716. Marion hits the jackpot 30 1717. A good reason to go to church 31 1718. Something's brewing

December 2019 5 1682. Computer troubles 6 1683. Seventieth birthday toast 7 1684. The parson's sermon was short 8 1685. A wonderful Christmas gift 9 1686. A rose in name 10 1687. A seemingly insignificant event 11 1688. An inconvenient visitor 12 1689. Gadgetry 13 1690. Lovely little old lady 14 1691. Hershel’s busy month 15 1692. The Forgotten World Highway 16 1693. Huberta and Hubert 18 1694. Mum's not the word 19 1695. An unapologetic promotion 20 1696. Bumping into people 21 1697. The unbald prima donna 22 1698. The duel 23 1699. Let's talk turkey 24 1700. The hand we're dealt

November 2019 1 1664. You get what you pay for 2 1665. Harold the crocodile farmer 4 1666. Mrs Mallard Duck's fine clutch 15 1667. The worst of rats 16 1668. Hungry and destitute 17 1669. Crossing the river 18 1670. Skinny Maude 19 1671. Garden Progress Report 20 1672. Vicky's day 21 1673. Why some pronouns are proper 22 1674. The tale of a prosthetic leg 23 1675. Almost published! 24 1676. Requiring an element of purgation 25 1677. Stopping to recharge 26 1678. Fatty next door 27 1679. Breathless 28 1680. Forever grateful 29 1681. Felicity’s daughter’s fiancé

October 2019 1 1637. Rabbit stew 2 1638. A friendly encounter 3 1639. On the propagation of cyclamen 4 1640. Bananas 5 1641. A fishy story 6 1642. Rain! Rain! Rain! 8 1643. Foreign neighbours 9 1644. Clown loaches 10 1645. Half cut 11 1646. Gail's pets 12 1647. Spoiled brat 13 1648. Spray 14 1649. Timber! 16 1650. A vegetative state 18 1651. The dead wife 19 1652. Well there ya go 20 1653. Why did I answer the phone that morning? 21 1654. A secret revealed 22 1655. Shooting rabbits 23 1656. The faithful apple tree 24 1657. The man-eater 25 1658. Feral Coal 26 1659. Ouch! 27 1660. Bozo the professor 28 1661. Feet in the Shire 29 1662. A limp and a laundry 30 1663. A day too early

September 2019 1 1607. The colours of drinks 2 1608. Not the Breaking News 3 1609. All was right with the world 4 1610. Would you like a chip? 5 1611. Marvin’s darling Affenpinscher 6 1612. Pretty garden flowers 7 1613. A cat called Mopsie 8 1614. The computer game 9 1615. Garden measurements 10 1616. William's sister Joan 11 1617. Shake, rattle, and roll 12 1618. Reproductive toxicity 13 1619. Such a pretty garden! 14 1620. Love of horses 15 1621. A week camping 16 1622. A study in ennui 17 1623. The grocery list 18 1624. The pension 19 1625. Scuba honeymoon 20 1626. Wrecked 21 1627. Plummeting education 22 1628. Tatty blues 23 1629. Drop dead gorgeous 24 1630. Rum balls 25 1631. An unnecessary expense 26 1632. Predator control 27 1633. A salutary lesson 28 1634. I could get hooked 29 1635. A terrible fire 30 1636. Hard times

August 2019 2 1579. Rinse cycle 3 1580. The naked gardener 4 1581. Dopp kit, sponge bag, toilet bag 5 1582. On that note 6 1583. Dropped dead 7 1584. On a wet evening 8 1585. Survival 9 1586. In pursuit of happiness 10 1587. Rally around the flag 11 1588. Saplings 13 1589. Manageable portions 14 1590. Wasps and things 15 1591. A terrible conundrum 16 1592. How best to murder a spouse 17 1593. A bit of a romp 18 1594. I feel an interactive page coming on 19 1595. Weather report 20 1596. Astral arm waving 21 1597. Meditation on medication 22 1598. Doorstop 23 1599. Who's for croquet? 24 1600. Stream lines 25 1601. A flick of the switch 27 1602. Cosy slippers 28 1603. Lorraine tosses her bouquet 29 1604. Nanette's double cockup 30 1605. Franklyn's tiny tattoo 31 1606. Why be morbid?

July 2019 1 1551. He who catches none 2 1552. Everyone pardons the rain 3 1553. They shared a milkshake 4 1554. Road kindnesses 6 1555. She couldn't wait 7 1556. Memories 8 1557. Photos in sepia 9 1558. Separated twins 10 1559. Birds, bees, and butterflies 11 1560. Blind date 12 1561. Great-aunt Pretoria 13 1562. Knock! Knock! Knock! 14 1563. Wash that mouth out 16 1564. Embedded fossil 17 1565. Hitting the right note 18 1566. Cherry clafoutis 19 1567. Jury service 20 1568. Dangling carrot 21 1569. A birthday treat 22 1570. Acting the goat 23 1571. An organized proposal 24 1572. Zach and the mean stork 25 1573. Horribly nasty Meredith’s demise 26 1574. Steffie's fabulous oven 27 1575. Family photo album 28 1576. Stink bombs 30 1577. Clydesdale stallions 31 1578. Heather's blueberry muffins

June 2019 2 1524. Funeral arrangements 3 1525. A lucky strike 4 1526. A fairly sad funeral 5 1527. A visit to the butcher 6 1528. Weekly meeting of the Writers’ Club 7 1529. Monica's lucky escape 8 1530. What a relief! 9 1531. The closed door 10 1532. Walk to the window 11 1533. Inspiration 12 1534. Ballroom dancing 13 1535. Last word 14 1536. A real s.o.b. 15 1537. The trials of Andrea 16 1538. Lancelot Grope’s calling 18 1539. Please pass the condiments 19 1540. Things go better with Coke 21 1541. Things happen in threes 22 1542. Things are not what they seem 23 1543. Southern winter solstice 24 1544. Keeping a diary 25 1545. Wheat allergy 26 1546. Miranda’s tam-tam 27 1547. Book worm 28 1548. Peanut butter jar 29 1549. Down on one knee 30 1550. Where angels fear to tread

May 2019 3 1507. Granny Suzanne 4 1508. Beach nudity 8 1509. Hector's fastidious plan 9 1510. Savoury Muffins 10 1511. A story to advance cultural understanding 12 1512. Two blocks of cheese 13 1513. Prone to tragedy 15 1514. Life on an exoplanet 18 1515. A rocky patch 20 1516. A surprisingly happy conclusion to a stressful experience 21 1517. Is it Robbie's lucky day? 22 1518. Bloggeration 23 1519. Moderation in all things 25 1520. Something nice to read while having breakfast 26 1521. Stuck at the kitchen sink 28 1522. Secret Code 31 1523. Jack of All Trades April 2019 16 1502. It happens in restaurants 24 1503. Pet food 25 1504. Prenuptial agreement 27 1505. Wedding anniversary 30 1506. Bernard's disorganized wife

December 2018 1 1484. Good grief 2 1485. Ned's old truck 3 1486. Cindy's lemon cheesecake 4 1487. Make hay while the sun shines 5 1488. Churchill’s radio broadcasts 6 1489. Sad but true 7 1490. When robots rule the world 8 1491. Blocked view 9 1492. An autobiography 10 1493. Mrs Rasmussen 11 1494. Punting on the river 12 1495. The colour pink 13 1496. Averill’s late husband’s wallet 14 1497. Honeymooners 15 1498. Hi Magdalen 16 1499. I'll take you there 17 1500. Reaching the pinnacle March 2019 1 1501. The novelist next door

November 2018 1 1454. An utter waste of time 2 1455. The song of the skylarks 3 1456. The blue rose 4 1457. Poster in a church in France 5 1458. Squandavia 6 1459. A hair's breadth 7 1460. In form 8 1461. Sinus problem 9 1462. Wiggles 10 1463. A valuable lesson 11 1464. War families 12 1465. Skinks, lizards, and geckos 13 1466. Daredevil 14 1467. Lead pencils 15 1468. Jingle all the way 16 1469. Why should I have to suffer? 17 1470. Revenge of the mint 18 1471. Clay pigeon shooting 19 1472. A traditional fairy story 20 1473. Fat Ferdinand's fate 21 1474. Nibbles 22 1475. Bon appetit! 23 1476. Weeds and a cauliflower 24 1477. Selling up 25 1478. Sex in the classroom 26 1479. Catfight 27 1480. Pillow case 28 1481. Late Uncle Vegetarian Dumpling 29 1482. The Peripatetic Muse 30 1483. A reflection on a pair of wood pigeons

October 2018 1 1423. A mark on the chest 2 1424. Dialogue 3 1425. Research 4 1426. Shipping Report 1881 5 1427. Astral music 6 1428. Grumpy Earl 7 1429. Jumpy Mick 8 1430. Frumpy Gabriella 9 1431. From start to finish 10 1432. Rampant teens 11 1433. Terrified silly 12 1434. Deducted redaction 13 1435. Demise of a film star 14 1436. Spies 15 1437. Naming the baby 16 1438. Grape harvest 17 1439. An engagement party 18 1440. Reincarnated 19 1441. He's still there 20 1442. Ice cream weather 21 1443. Peach stones 22 1444. Egbert checks the mail 23 1445. Graceful horses 24 1446. Just in case 25 1447. The engagement photo 26 1448. I don't believe in ghosts 27 1449. Dried herbs 28 1450. The wedding's off 29 1451. Burning off the fat 30 1452. Truly blessed 31 1453. The last scream

September 2018 1 1393. Nothing to get 2 1394. Winner of a car 3 1395. A spectacular lunar discovery 4 1396. The good old days 5 1397. Class preparation 6 1398. Noah Triplebottom’s pet alligator 7 1399. Seasonal felicity 8 1400. Spring Equinox 9 1401. The ancient Egyptian necklace 10 1402. A disappointment 11 1403. A decent education 12 1404. Sausages 13 1405. Cold water 14 1406. Firewood 15 1407. Fate in a flash! 16 1408. The best-laid plans 17 1409. Going! Going! Wait! 18 1410. In which Constantia buries her husband and buys a hat 19 1411. Home with a sexy brunette 20 1412. Leslie’s schizophrenia 21 1413. Fifth marriage 22 1414. God saith 23 1415. Humdrumery 24 1416. Horrible weasel 25 1417. Into perspective 26 1418. Amputation 27 1419. Welcome! 28 1420. The proposal 29 1421. Memorable and happy day 30 1422. Quite frankly, I’m sick of it

August 2018 1 1362. Flora's foul mood 2 1363. Mary's foul mood 3 1364. Stella's foul mood 4 1365. Glenda's foul mood 5 1366. Thank you, darling 6 1367. Itsy Bitsy Spider 7 1368. A true story 8 1369. Seed Catalogue 9 1370. Science friction 10 1371. Undercover 11 1372. Famous cat 12 1373. So many choices 13 1374. A modern marvel 14 1375. The end 15 1376. Big jump 16 1377. No hot dog 17 1378. On hearing the news 18 1379. Batman to the rescue 19 1380. Traffic premonition 20 1381. Poor pawpaw 21 1382. Saintly devotion 22 1383. Accident 23 1384. A get-rich-quick scheme 24 1385. Sunday afternoon snooze 25 1386. Groceries for dinner 26 1387. At the ready 27 1388. A multifarious conundrum 28 1389. The beggar's gift 29 1390. Bull's eye 30 1391. Horizon clouds 31 1392. The ship sets sail!

July 2018 2 1338. Fat lady in turnstile 3 1339. A younger wrist 5 1340. Such is the expanse 6 1341. Waiter! 7 1342. Lost trust 9 1343. Very much alive 10 1344. The Grim Reaper 12 1345. The downs of childhood 13 1346. In God we trust 14 1347. Ride into town 16 1348. Crackers 17 1349. Seventieth birthday 19 1350. Back to square one 20 1351. It pays 21 1352. Painted toenails 23 1353. Election year 24 1354. Errol's busy day 25 1355. Noreen's secret 26 1356. Classic Studebaker 27 1357. Ironing a few things out 28 1358. Nothing ventured, nothing gained 29 1359. Life's aim 30 1360. An ecological suggestion 31 1361. Tinted windows

June 2018 2 1317. An umbrella saga 3 1318. Diary of a model 4 1319. An elephantine love affair 5 1320. Every dog has its day 7 1321. To reach a certain age 9 1322. Condolences 10 1323. Emmeline’s lazy morning 11 1324. Frederick's tango 12 1325. Decisions decisions 14 1326. A handsome prince or two 16 1327. Potatoes 17 1328. Which is which 18 1329. The sound of silence 19 1330. Rats! 21 1331. Deep in discussion 23 1332. National icon 24 1333. Serendipity 25 1334. A dribbling shower 26 1335. Seller of parakeets 28 1336. A puff of smoke 30 1337. Home remedies

May 2018 3 1296. Panel one of a tragic triptych 4 1297. Panel two of a tragic triptych 5 1298. Panel three of a tragic triptych 6 1299. A panoramic view 7 1300. A feast to celebrate! 10 1301. Don't judge a book by its cover 11 1302. The daily ritual 12 1303. Jolly heck 13 1304. Harold the goldfish 14 1305. Socks and Y-fronts 17 1306. Things to sort through 18 1307. Copyright copycat 19 1308. In a cottage near the sea 20 1309. Nature Study 21 1310. Sage advice 24 1311. Mountain track 25 1312. A rustic education 26 1313. Unlucky 13 27 1314. The black of grief 28 1315. Tidy Mrs Connolly 31 1316. Murdered wives

April 2018 1 1275. Eruption 3 1276. Dinner party chatter 5 1277. Chimes and charm 6 1278. Yes, Sir 7 1279. Brown eggs 8 1280. Cemetery saunter 10 1281. Fit as a fiddle 12 1282. Kitty's obsession 13 1283. Derven’s pet guinea pig, Howard 14 1284. Knut's penguins 15 1285. Taking the piss 17 1286. Nice portraits of mice 19 1287. Yet another joyful story 20 1288. Half a cattle beast 21 1289. Snob 22 1290. Melissa's pet python 24 1291. Potato blight 26 1292. Life on the little farm 27 1293. Mimi the mimic 28 1294. Offensive food 29 1295. Very grave

March 2018 2 1253. The Pickled Oyster 3 1254. Vlad's vodka 4 1255. Annual drought relief 5 1256. Weather 6 1257. Next year 9 1258. The grass verge 10 1259. An insidious thing 11 1260. Creative poetry writing 12 1261. Terminal 13 1262. Name change 16 1263. Corectly speled 17 1264. We are not a-meow-ed 18 1265. Jack and the Beanstalk 19 1266. My greatest achievement (thus far) 20 1267. Sleeping Beauty 23 1268. How right she was 24 1269. Don't bother waking me 25 1270. A lonesome birthday 26 1271. Dirty dishes 27 1272. Mad as a meat axe 30 1273. Tit birds 31 1274. Grumpy Joy

February 2018 2 1233. Distance romance 3 1234. Admonition 4 1235. Organ donor 5 1236. Goldilocks the Prowler 6 1237. To church! 9 1238. Sunset 10 1239. Two front teeth 11 1240. Train travel 12 1241. Spoilt rotten 13 1242. Same old same old 16 1243. What? 17 1244. The last word 18 1245. Resurrected extinctions 19 1246. Oh God! No one knows who I was 20 1247. You are almost 23 1248. Toot! Toot! 24 1249. Unsterilized syringes 25 1250. No promotion 26 1251. International stardom 27 1252. The letter Q

January 2018 1 1211. The sun had gone over the yardarm 2 1212. Shannon was pregnant 4 1213. Merran’s little Shih Tzu 5 1214. Bernice had twins 6 1215. Nematodes 7 1216. No sense of humour 9 1217. About my photo 11 1218. Fly from the nest 12 1219. Candles and husbands 13 1220. Happy family 14 1221. Rung up 16 1222. Flora played the piano 18 1223. Death of a martyr 19 1224. Testosterone 20 1225. The misfortune of Fluffy Balls 21 1226. Gored by bull 23 1227. Party party party 25 1228. Lucky to be alive 26 1229. Paranoia overcome 27 1230. A lifetime ambition 28 1231. Don't you dare 30 1232. A modern day Dear John letter

December 2017 2 1189. Answering service 3 1190. What? 4 1191. Three sons 5 1192. The Bubal Hartebeest 7 1193. Hell and back 9 1194. Pub corner 10 1195. Fat man's widow 11 1196. Planet Unisex 12 1197. The artist's model 14 1198. Saving 16 1199. Garden trolley 17 1200. 1200th 18 1201. Priceless 19 1202. Love at first sight 21 1203. Good for everything is good for nothing 23 1204. Saint Nicholas 24 1205. Humbug! 25 1206. It was Christmas Day! 26 1207. An unexpected Christmas gift 28 1208. To expostulate fortissimo 30 1209. Eternal youth 31 1210. Waiting for midnight

November 2017 3 1169. A pretty dismal affair 4 1170. An update to the calendar 5 1171. Check things before 6 1172. Presumably nit free 7 1173. A death rattle 10 1174. Timed to perfection 11 1175. Waste not, want not 12 1176. Government memo 13 1177. Little Boy Blue 14 1178. Healthy die-t 17 1179. The clink of bottles 18 1180. The case of the missing... 19 1181. Playing chicken 20 1182. A load of crepe 23 1183. A day to celebrate! 24 1184. Noble Pries for Littering 25 1185. A clever trick 26 1186. Boiled chicken 27 1187. Clean and green 28 1188. In hot water

October 2017 2 1147. Happy birthday darling 3 1148. Obituaries 5 1149. Some aliens are never satisfied 6 1150. A botanical saunter 7 1151. Out to lunch 9 1152. Romance reader 10 1153. Who's the suspect? 12 1154. So closed-minded 13 1155. Job interview 14 1156. Free phone 16 1157. Finbarr's novel 17 1158. Roll Over Shakespeare 19 1159. Charity in all things 20 1160. No nonsense 21 1161. Dreams of being a vet 23 1162. Bear warning 24 1163. Shakespeare, Milton, Keats are dead 26 1164. An alien relic 27 1165. Grinding 28 1166. Worries 30 1167. Burning bus 31 1168. Cheese goes with anything

September 2017 2 1126. The editing button 3 1127. Tea lady 4 1128. Morning rumination 5 1129. True recognition at last! 7 1130. The route home 9 1131. Good reason for a barbeque 10 1132. A white rose 11 1133. Pronouns-ment 12 1134. A prickly pruning 14 1135. Hi Blogging-Boo-Boo-Blondie 16 1136. Spicing things up 17 1137. Know-all 18 1138. Whalewhotamus 19 1139. A brilliant tax plan 21 1140. International purchase 23 1141. Collecting for the Sallies 24 1142. The local bore 25 1143. Visions of murder 26 1144. Porn in tent 28 1145. Origami night classes 30 1146. Sad triangles

August 2017 3 1105. At a pinch 4 1106. Stock cars 5 1107. Murder 6 1108. Something to bleat about 7 1109. Lorna 10 1110. Money for the Missions 11 1111. A gidday and a cheerio 12 1112. Stone Age mealtime conversation 13 1113. News from Hickton-in-Sticks 14 1114. The short way home 17 1115. Every dog has its day 18 1116. Big Bad Wolf 19 1117. Flat Earth Society 20 1118. Noreen's brainwave 21 1119. An astronomical migration 24 1120. New horizons 25 1121. A piece of polythene pipe 26 1122. Alien classics 27 1123. Being followed 28 1124. Something dear 31 1125. A few tricks up his sleeve

July 2017 1 1080. Apple tree 2 1081. Lost the will 3 1082. Jack and Jill my foot 4 1083. Pie in the sky 5 1084. Buttercups and daisies 6 1085. Dog neighbours 7 1086. Justice is served 8 1087. Leaving home 9 1088. Woman in the park 10 1089. Cultural clash 11 1090. Sign of the times 13 1091. Fat lady on the beach 14 1092. Bastille Day 16 1093. Rules are for breaking 17 1094. Warning label 18 1095. Family arguments 20 1096. Danger of explosion 21 1097. A long bus trip 23 1098. Neighbourhood watch 24 1099. The elephant 25 1100. Married and counting 27 1101. Money talks 28 1102. On the blink 30 1103. Foreign food 31 1104. A turning

June 2017 1 1050. Natural stubbornality 2 1051. The happiness of predictability 3 1052. Tears from onions 4 1053. Microchipped 5 1054. I can't begin to tell you 6 1055. Next door television 7 1056. Cock-a-doodle-do 8 1057. A precious thing 9 1058. Desmond plays the piano 10 1059. An ironic touch of fate 11 1060. Church dance 12 1061. Teach her 13 1062. Naughton, the stable hand 14 1063. To aid arachnophobia 15 1064. To change a lightbulb 16 1065. Chelsea felt hounded 17 1066. Daily run 18 1067. Let's all make a card 19 1068. Text from boarding school 20 1069. A possible spectacle 21 1070. Swings and roundabouts 22 1071. An important meeting 23 1072. Lilies and cats 24 1073. Viewing one's past 25 1074. Low calorie sweetener 26 1075. A fishy story 27 1076. Ferris wheel ride 28 1077. What's the story? 29 1078. A happy ending for once 30 1079. Dreams come true

May 2017 2 1037. I won't be needing that 6 1038. In raptures 9 1039. A good reason to skip breakfast 22 1040. Dumbfounded 23 1041. Alice's finery 24 1042. Too young to get married 25 1043. Facial tissues 26 1044. The children's cat 27 1045. Ways and days of compassion 28 1046. Professor of Poetry 29 1047. The secret to longevity 30 1048. Oh! Lucky day! 31 1049. New word for the day

April 2017 2 1032. News flash 8 1033. That's because 14 1034. Dudley comes to stay 25 1035. Uncle Kemp 26 1036. The late Aunt Hilda

March 2017 13 1028. An improbable story with a facile slant, about a dog 19 1029. Fastidious Johnnie 25 1030. Welcome to my little dinner party 27 1031. Sickle

February 2017 9 1024. Joylene and Hermann 16 1025. See what I mean? 19 1026. Coffee mugs 27 1027. Early morning cup of tea

January 2017 3 1018. Mistletoe 4 1019. Death notice 9 1020. Denis the hacker 12 1021. How to win friends 18 1022. Kind Maureen 23 1023. A goose for Christmas

December 2016 12 1016. Emily's alien dinner party 27 1017. River walk

November 2016 1 1007. Laundering 2 1008. A dollar each way 3 1009. Liver 4 1010. Last rites 5 1011. Travel 6 1012. Mowing 7 1013. Top of the cliff 8 1014. One sunny day 13 1015. Pardon

October 2016 27 1002. Trash 28 1003. Garlic 29 1004. Across the road 30 1005. Dogs 31 1006. Halloween

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