Miscellaneous

Smokey.

When I was young fireworks was only in November. Now fireworks are almost all year round where I live. With Bonfire night, Halloween, and many...
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gRAY.

A man abused and killed a child. He was killed in jail. Another man inflected ONE HUNDRED AND ONE separate wounds on his girlfriend’s two-year-old...

Welcome.

They should keep ALL politics out of football! There should be no bending of the knee, for black lives matter, for all lives matter, and no gay...

Geometry of Waterfalls

A challenge, for our budding young engineers. Given are two problems on free falling liquid, the first being straightforward. The second I found not...
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Story of the week

Three sips of foaming wine.

Yesterday came to an end. The cold, winter sun slithered quietly into the ocean and day turned into night while I took one sip of remarkable wine...
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Blackmail.

It is good to go to the dentist on a regular basis. It is good to go to the to have your eyes tested, every year or every two years. I go to the...
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Goodbye Arnold.

Refulgent sunshine skimmed over the graveyard behind the Church this morning. It threw long shadows on the grass that was crisp and white with...
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Poem of the week

Put The Sword Down

I "put the sword down" over 20 years ago, now. 23 years lucky service - nearest I got to the field of battle was flying overhead at 12,000 metres listening out for SAM batteries comms. Others are not so lucky. This is for them. We shall remember them, too.
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Tradition.

It is that time of the year again. I see less and less people showing their support. At this rate, by the time my young grand son Darius, is 20,...