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Ugly Puggly 62

My phone rang. Dave seemed almost as surprised as me. He thought my phone so ancient naval flags would operate it. I took my Noika into the lobby to...
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Silver Birch

Dear diary... It was still and quiet that day when first I held and named you Willow, just a neonate little tree; token of rapid intention, your...

Overture

When was the last time you shook hands with the sun while observing a wile deer on an afternoon of Autumn colours & tunes from loons to share?
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A Little Love

A Little Love By Paul McCann .Who are you now to speak like that Where did you go , where are you at . Why did you forget who we were When you look...
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Ugly Puggly 61

‘We’ve always got a choice,’ said Ugly Puggly. ‘That’s the kinda shite you always read in those self-hate books dressed in pretty words. That’s like...
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1:1:9 Beginnings (Part 2)

Lore found their way to the living room and Char, casually fiddling with their sleeve and Breacher, trying to find a way to keep their sleeve tight...

1:1:9 Beginnings (Part 1)

Thud. Char had not long finished her sentence as Lore fell. It was as if they had waited so as not to be rude. Char looked down at the pile of fabric...
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Chemo 3

3 My first week of 5FU as my drug is called was relatively good with being even more tired, the biggest side effect. So I went to my Thursday session...
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S T Vasectomy Clinic - 19

It was slightly off-putting to hear Cece pacing around on the landing, going between her bedroom and the baby’s room. He tried to ignore her but for...
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Crossing the Border

Crossing the Border The land felt so alive. Compared to the famine-ravaged south, the men gazed from their trotting horses at the fields and...
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St Audrey's Bay Waterfall

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/st-audreys-bay-waterfall-mp3 St Audrey’s Bay Waterfall Blue skies harbour cumulous clouds,...
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The Age of Discovery

From new-born breath ’til still of death: Hearing sounds and conversation, gazing round in exploration … mouth contortions … life-long, look and think …
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Being Neighborly

‘Paul,’ Lucy said as she rubbed hand cream into her dainty little hands lying in bed with the only man she had ever loved. ‘Yes dear,’ Paul answered...
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The Picture Ranch 64

Okay... maybe some resolution around the corner... who knows? (Clue,not me!) Image by me created at canva.com
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Ugly Puggly 60

If I worked backwards with the broken stones of my mind, I find they must have come in two cars. Five men in Jeff’s ‘Disco’ Discovery Land Rover...
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Be Careful What you wish for.

In the Avian world, those talented and industrious and birds that can gather the most fish and feed their young are the ones who survive and pass on...

A Man Who Became A Monster

A suitcase was left on my porch that was full of body parts. When I learned whose body it was, it really broke my heart. I burst into tears when I...

I Remember When

In the 1940-50’s we stomped on wooden sidewalks – looked for pennies between the slats & bragged up energy playing tag and wrestling. RR tracks...
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Paddy

Paddy was a man who didn’t know the meaning of speaking quietly. Every evening, he would burst into the sitting room giving my grandmother the fright...

The Storyteller and The Slave

The Storyteller and The Slave by Paul McCann He sat there by cliffs edge , far enough from the clifftop to appreciate the view of the five loughs...
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