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The Carrot and Stick
I am being motivated by the carrot and the stick. It works. It is the law of the concrete jungle. We've had all kinds, tomatoes pumpkins peanuts...
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Ridiculous to the Sublime
After the underworld, a journey heavenward to Kelvingrove Art Gallery, visiting paintings I’ve known since childhood. Generations of Scottish...
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The Tree They Couldn’t Cut Down
The Tree They Couldn’t Cut Down By Paul McCann There was story I heard about a tree that stood alone on a hill , before the little village streets...
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Because It Was Sunday
Because It Was Sunday By Paul McCann Some days were windy and cool others days I went go to school . We didn’t go on a bus because we walked , all of...
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The Law of Physics.
I had never seen this before. I think those who saw it too, would have said the same. I was driving at the time, but all those who saw it, must have...
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Sean Happens 11
‘You can’t kill The Spider as easy as that,’ said Miss Dill. ‘He was already dead in a way. He was born without a soul.’ Mr Martin pursed his lips. ‘...
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Carol and Jade Taste Rhonda's Surprise Pie
The first tastes of Carol and Jade were the creamy texture of the turnips, which Rhonda had lovingly layered within the flaky pastry crust. Tender...
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Vote Larry!
Our nation's saviour. A Petrarchan sonnet. Best recited with a Churchillian twang.
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Affirmation
An exercise; taking a poem, this being Affirmation by Donald Hall, then keeping the basic form, and recasting it, then revising it further, to see how far it is from the original. I must get out more!
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State Of Bliss
In still of night leaving cold air in peace, but for hypnotic breezes kissing leaves...then by first light bathed in morning dew – before golden dawn...
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Just Don't Eat the Pomegranate Seeds
I used to relish IKEA. Designs that are clever, useful and beautiful. Figuring out what on earth some of them actually are. Returning home with...
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Andalucian Sunrise
It was good sometimes... Image source is flicker.com no known copyright issues.
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The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part One of Two)
The 16:03 to Purgatory (Part One of Two) Air shimmered in iridescent layers, desert heat smouldering under a cloudless Arizona sky. A diamondback...
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A Conversation
The old pine dinner table has four sides, on one side, Bethany Fitch. Her oversized grey t-shirt swaying toward the singular sliding glass door...
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Southwest
August in Andalusia is very hot. There's no point in attempting any hyperbolic description to convey how hot it gets. Every summer we would travel north, northeast, northwest anywhere to escape the heat - for at least a fortnight. If we went to the right place, it would be cool, but not wet. For a lot of years, Andalusia did feel like home. Image is of Galicia, destination for just one of our escapist excursions, but a picture of Cantabria, Asturias or Navarre would have done: source PXHere
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Guiris
This is some time before 2011, when I rescued the Hard drive from a kaput komputer, before chucking the rest in the bin. Around 2016 I bought a hard-drive docking station; there are now two old hard drives docked. Sometimes I look back at old stuff, luckily I don't post it all. Guiri is an insult, pretty much, in Andalucia. It used to mean Guardia Civil when they couldn't serve in their home town. Now it means any stranger/foreigner/ex-pat. There are, or used to be, both of these pubs at either end of Alhaurin El Grande's main street. Images: google maps.
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Revels.
Many years ago, I worked with a girl who loved Revels. I loved them too, but she loved them more than I did. One day, when she opened a bag of them,...
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The tentative gardener
He took out his seeds to sow … the tiniest size and wonky … ’I’ll plant something else now instead!’
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Little Things
Little things My wallet My glasses My phone Do I have them? Get up and look. Look for what? Some little thing I suppose And then I spot The wallet...
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The Look of Judges
The day of the Titusville Harvest Festival arrived, and with it came the highly anticipated judging of the pies. Rhonda, with her Gammy's turnip...
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