Ed Crane
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Catch-me-if-you-can
Painting of Will-o-the-wisp by Herman Hendrich from wiki commons
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New Directions (12)
Barry Stokes isn’t easily fazed. I was banking on him figuring out how to make a few quid from my visit. Word would already be out. Pretty soon...
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New Directions (11)
After Dev got over his initial shock things calmed down and we were able to have a sensible discussion. I handed over Celia’s cheque. Irina took all...
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New Directions (10)
When Dev asked, ‘What are we going to do about this?’ I knew I’d get sucked in if I couldn’t find a way out. After his wife brought the tray with...
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New Directions (9)
Dev called and asked me to drive to his home. He dictated an address in West Wycombe which I was able to dial into my navigation app while he spoke...
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How about the Crate of Tigenello? (or Cummins revenge :)
Posted on Wed, 27 Dec 2023
Dare we go down to the cellar of Number 10 in 2074?
Read full commentPosted in The Masque of the Red-Faced Boris
congrats on the golden cherries
Posted on Sat, 02 Dec 2023
My dog loves digging her nose into piles of frozen leaves and the crunch they make as we walk through them.
Snow predicted here today, but it won't stay very long I think.
very atmospheric piece Rhia.
Read full commentPosted in Up to the Hoar Frost
When murders fight murders nobody wins.
Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023
Read full commentPosted in Thoughts on Hamas and Palestinian Resistance, and Western and Arab Government Reactions
Di, I was doing some research hoping to write a poem about wars
Posted on Sun, 29 Oct 2023
since I was born. I checked on wiki for a list of wars around the world since the end of WW2
There are literally HUNDREDS!!! (and that only from 1945 -1989)
I gave up on the poem and I give up on humanity.
Shame doesn't even...
Read full commentPosted in October 2023
Forethought isn't a human strong point I guess
Posted on Fri, 27 Oct 2023
we have no back door to escape to when the climate finally goes pear shaped.
With the middle east situation I keep thinking about the line in the 1976 Genesis song: "Blood OnThe Rooftops."
(Arabs and the Jews, Boy -- too much...
Read full commentPosted in All That Glitters
Antonio Guterres spoke the truth
Posted on Wed, 25 Oct 2023
He should be applauded not criticised by the west and bullied by Israel.
The US in particular should face up to this truth and only supply the Israelli government with weapons in return for serious diplomacy. There has to be a balance.
Read full commentPosted in Creeping colonization and takeover : Revenge and Retribution, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter)
This is a superb write, Simon
Posted on Sun, 08 Oct 2023
I won't speculate or analyse on who or what Little Person is. This is a story where we must decide for ourselves who she is and that's what makes this so good.
Read full commentPosted in The little person
This is a great piece, well deserving POTD
Posted on Mon, 04 Sep 2023
Very interesting could well be a true story. The two line stanzas are a good idea for getting this across. If God looked like John Wayne I hope his politics are different
Read full commentPosted in Extra in a B-Movie Western
I wonder who the father is
Posted on Thu, 07 Sep 2023
I can vaguely remember the girl in the E type I think at the start of the show.
I always had the feeling the Max Miller-esque joke about very short mini-skirts being two onches below sea-level helped is his demise
neve figured...
Read full commentPosted in Dee Time
One meets all sorts in pubs . . . if one is not careful :)
Posted on Thu, 07 Sep 2023
The mere mention of Simon Dee makes my skin crawl. A man foist with his own ego.
looks like this could get lively.
Read full commentPosted in "And My C*ck's A Kipper"
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