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Resolution

At end, rebirth. This year I will Eat better. Walk. Drink my fill Of gold with every meal. I will tell the trees I love them at least once a month...
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Where We Are: a personal perspective

Hello folks, I'm honestly not inviting group-think. I just would be interested to know what people feel about what I have to say. This whole Covid...
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A House in the Country

" I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole!" Heather's mother had cast her critical eye all over the property and that was her verdict.
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Stop Grieving
Stop Grieving Unequivocally sees all religious philosophies “A thing of good and beauty loves it to heart, the Almighty. May it be deeds and words,...
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Ol' Rickety (Part 2)

Diggory remained idled at the curb for a minute or two, just gawking at that green button. It was boggling his mind how he couldn’t have noticed it...
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Ol' Rickety (Part 1)

Diggory Kade was a 56-year-old cabdriver with the face of a trout and the voice of a bullfrog—at least according to many of his patrons. Some of them...
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For Yer Women, the Women

All the year they scrub the homes From Skibbereen to Portglenone. They work their fingers to the bone, Afraid to pause to moan or groan. They milk...
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Toy Explosion …

… at Christmas … So many toys sold – away with the old! Hide them from view, make way for the new! Presents in droves, shortage of shelves, tuck some...
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Ghost Story

This is what I term 'faction'; in as much as all but the beginning and ending maybe did happen to me, as the story describes; but without the dinner party and the resolution at the end. So, I'll leave it the reader to make of it what they may choose - an entertainment, or maybe a true experience of the supernatural - who knows?
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The Adventures Of Miniator --- Chapter 24

The Rescue Preston Fox and Julius Bettermore-Mountblank, and their men had quickly broke camp at first light. They felt enthusiastic about regaining...
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Disenchantment 46
***** When I saw you, my heart just melted. I wasn’t sure if I would ever see you again. Then, there you were in front of me. It was pure torture...
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Old Endings

I don’t know why I keep looking at the photographs. Every time, I put them away, up in the dust of the attic; and it’s stupid, because then I just...
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A Better Part of Life
I can see love in the outline of a farm where people once lived- a small pond barely seen through a copse and knolls crowding an old barn. I see open...
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The City of My Dreams

I only go there when things get really tough. I know, I get , that it’s a delicate balance, and I know that the City is only sort-of there, and only...
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Offences Against The Christmas Spirit (A list of crimes and offences against the sacred Spirit of Christmas) by Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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People who shout or are rude to retail staff during the run up to Christmas, treating them as if they are slaves or mere servants, despite being...
Hollow
I see death all around me It’s raven wings extend so beautifully. Turning towards sacred grounds, Searching ‘til there’s no one ‘round. Looking...
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Roolz is Roolz

Well, they is. Image from pxhere.com free for non-commercial use CC0 PD
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Ynys Wydryn (Glastonbury Tor)

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/tor-mp3 Ynys Wydryn (Glastonbury Tor) Blue skies shimmer, winter light, offerings hang from...
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 20
Chapter 20 It was lovely to have time at Kattie’s house to get to know her better. Consideringshe is expecting her 9 th child within the next few...
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