...and welcome to Colin's Taels. Your presence confers honour on this humble website. Here you will find my online diary, two stories written by me, a feature on the "Kai Lung" stories of Ernest Bramah and a complete Kai Lung story.

• Diary - Events in my life and thoughts thereon. The diary is furnished with internal links so that you can jump straight to an individual topic if you want to.

My stories are both connected with the debilitating condition known as ME (or CFS or CFIDS) which restricts my life, though fortunately not as much as it used to.

• The Tribulations of Liu was drafted at a time when I was getting worse, and then had to be shelved for some years until I was well enough to edit it. It is written in mock-Chinese style.
• The Opening Spell was written after I started improving, and is correspondingly lighter in mood. It has an Arthurian setting.

Both stories have been printed in Perspectives, the journal of The ME Association (UK), and appear here by kind permission of the Association. So too does the following cartoon which was suggested by me, drawn by Di Shaw and printed in the Association's newsletter. It is based on one of the many silly questions I have been asked by doctors and alternative therapists over the years. A larger image is available if required.

Other pages:—

• The Kai Lung Stories of Ernest Bramah - Concerning the gravity-dispelling tales related by the accomplished storyteller Kai Lung.
• The Story of Sing Tsung and the Exponent of Dark Magic - A complete Kai Lung story by Ernest Bramah for you to read.
• Tell a Friend About This Site - Read the unique "Kai Lung" style message—then send it to your friends!
• Guestbook - Have a look in my guestbook to see what others have written about Colin's Taels. I hope you'll sign it too. You can also leave the address of your own website if you have one.
• Links - The main links from other pages collected together for ease of use, plus a few extra.
• Webrings - Navigation bars for the webrings which Colin's Taels belongs to.

You can find out a little more about me by reading my Yahoo! profile.

You are welcome to e-mail me about this site or anything on it. The address is:

In case you are wondering what a tael is, it's an old Chinese unit of currency. As it sounds the same as "tale", the word can suggest either a story or something that is of value.

Thank you so much, Gentle Surfer, for visiting Colin's Taels. May the Powers of Goodness guide your surfing.

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