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Not Drowning But Waving
I have a small pond in my garden. Actually, it's more like a large, round, washing up bowl. For many years, it was home to tadpoles and frogs. I...
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Courtship and the next generation
In years gone by a lad would court the girl whose love and hand he sought in marriage: she had time to think– had she a liking to be caught by this...
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Chocolate Box Murder
The psychological games played by food manufacturers and retailers are becoming legendary. Extracting maximum profit within the law appears paramount...
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A Jubilee couple
A Jubilee couple To you, our accolades for a voyage of five decades With exemplary conjugal harmony thwarting many adversities, in the journey...
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bmw
bmw the sun casts its shape across your lounge dusty china and faded photographs a radiator key you no longer understand your arrival grander now...
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After Lausanne
Messages continued to trickle back and forth — a song here, a film there, a shared memory plucked from the 90s like an old dry flower still faintly...
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The Obituary Reader
I looked to see how you died. We once were similar. Knew people, moved in circles. Then you died and became very different. And I, no longer wishing...
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England.
It is always lovely to see in sports around the world, supporting their country with their flag. I watched the tennis, over the weekend and to show...
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Magic Shampoo IV
-That was incredible. Vanessa was dancing like a ballerina. She spun around for a long time, looking like a topsy turvy top. -Dance with me, dance...
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Wired Differently
I dance to rhythms others miss, In tangled thoughts and mental twists. Too loud, too much, too fast, too deep A mind that rarely goes to sleep. A...
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The Irritating Gentleman (part two)
‘Wow,’ Martin got out and looked around at the garden which was very overgrown. Everything was unnervingly tall; white shasta daisies reaching up to...
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The Irritating Gentleman (part one)
‘You go first. I can see you’re eager..’ Hayley glanced at the irritating gentlemen as she glided past him, a little too close for her liking within...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 30
Martha was on her way to the kitchen with the two cups of tea to try to talk sense to Miriam but she stopped before she reached that room, feeling a...
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There's no such thing as a free lunch
There's no such thing as a free lunch, somebody, somewhere, is paying the price.
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3 oz of Insanity
Mine weighs 3 oz +/-. I'm sure it weighs heavier on us all.
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No Johnny, No! ( 2 of 2)
We kept up our meets every few months, then sometime in 2004, I met him in a bar in Fenchurch Street. He didn’t look good. He’d lost weight, which...
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Prophesy: The Immortal Witch (3)
Part two at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/prophesy-immortal-witch-2 Marie’s mother was standing at the front door as the car pulled up...
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Arjun! Stay blessed
A rjun! Stay blessed Happy Birthday is on your way today being celebrated with pomp and gay Hey Arjun our dear grandson your parents’ uncles ' and...
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A Pure Embrace
A Pure Embrace This day began with the choice of self-empathy. Regardless of the external or internal distraction. As the sun set, silent whispers of...
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Richard Tomey
Pleasure and pain became polarizing points of light in Richard Tomey’s darkness. With nothing else to do, he focused upon them, concentrating his...
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