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Memento Mori
I've broken many a cup in my life, but I still have this one......for now.
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P.O.D
Mom says “I’m trying” a lot. Nothing changes. “I’m trying too!” I jump out of the car, my voice sharp to make a point. I glance at my watch. The bus...
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Hearing the Summer Rain in Nagasaki
In the hush of twilight, hearing the summer rain in Nagasaki soft as a lover's breath, it taps on rooftops like a gentle heartbeat, a symphony of...
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Watching
Watching Jennifer Pickup, 29.07.2024 I know that you’re here with me, Even though I can’t see you, You are keeping a close eye, Watching everything I...
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Bo-Bo’ Found A Life - Chapter 2
Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Bo-Bo’s Christmas Gift Behind the walls of the orphanage Christmas was a lonely time for most of...
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Bo-Bo Found A Life - Chapter 1
Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 At The Orphanage Not that long ago on a cold winters night a small wooden fruit box was left...
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Bo Bo Found A Life - Foreward
Bo-Bo Found A Life A Novel By Paul McCann Foreword There are some children, who through no fault of their own . have been abandoned by their parents...
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To the Heart of Marriage
May 2013, The British Government is debating the Equal Marriage Bill. "I just can't stand it anymore," Sarah announced. "Can't stand what?" he asked...
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Love Potion No. 9 (Dead Reckoning series - Part 19)
Archibald is en-route, but to what? You wouldn't expect a nice sit down and a cup of tea, would you?
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Paris in Darkness: The Olympiad’s Opening
In the heart of France, where dreams collide, A tapestry of nations unfolds, Colours swirling like a painter’s palette, People streaming in from...
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Thabo Mbeki And Democracy
As children on the farm our grandparents let us play with the black kids like little sisters and brothers there was no difference. When we were older...
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Grace with power to save
Persecutor Saul of Tarsus living by God’s laws, but 'blind', with contempt for claims of Jesus … Once John Newton was rebellious … Drunkard, worked on slaveships, callous …
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A Contemplative Life
A Contemplative Life By Paul McCann Hs spent half his lifetime as a Monk inside the walls of a monastery . Straight from school to the religious life...
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The Runaway Pig
The Runaway Pig By Paul Mc Cann “Cock a doodle do and how are you .“ said the Rooster . “Not happy if you must know . Grunt .“ The little pig replied...
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The Rats That Ran Away
The Rats That Ran Away By Paul McCann There were too many heroes in the ghetto and too many busy business people in the fight to stay alive .There...
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The Man with the Camera
Her younger brother had just recently learned to walk. As she held his hand down the villages’ main street, people stopped to comment on the apparent...
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The Staircase
A small boy in pyjama bottoms ran across the roof of Kiri’s house, took a big swig of rainwater from a dirty flowerpot and then, taking careful aim,...
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The Courtier Behind The Throne Who Would Be King: The King Behind The Throne : Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) and The Six Wives (including The Great Separation) : Ch.6 by Alfred Muggins
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10/3/23 Alfred realised that, as he was the Head of Henry’s new Church of England, and the vast majority of his people, nobles and poor, all believed...
Candi Staton, the Sea and Me
Memories of my last night before becoming a salty sea dog. It all happened at the Devon public house in the fashionable Cross Gates district of Leeds, round about the end of August 1976.
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Lie, lie against the dying of the light
“You cannot be my father. He's been dead for almost two years.” My voice is controlled, subdued. I feel like telling a Jehovah's Witness that I'm...
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