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Aunt Lily’s Cat
Aunt Lily’s Cat By Paul McCann Tiddles was Aunt Lily’s cat and she always had a lot to eat as she wandered in and out all the houses in Jamaica...
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I AM Joan Collins
Beltane dawned in a whiteout of mizzle and haar that wasn’t for lifting. In the afternoon, to amplify liberation, I went to the movies at the ARC...
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Memorials of a hedonistic society
hope refound?
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Turn and Face the Strange
Contemplating life in a world where virtually everything’s becoming virtual.
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Fire, Water, Earth and Air.
There are some mysteries in this world and universe, that amazes me. When I was young and in my teens, I was fascinated with the stars at night,...
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A Test of patience on a windy day.
A test of patience on a windy day It was a lovely, late April day in Southwest Florida. We had been to the gym and the library earlier in the morning...
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2084-A
The family sat down, with their friends, at a table for 6 in a restaurant. The lights went out. Chris' girlfriend Maria took a handlamp out of her...
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'Doing' for Dad
'DOING' FOR DAD I'm concerned that Dad is forgetting to eat (or just doesn't feel hungry, a known side-effect of dementia). He didn't eat tea last...
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Almost Invisible Cities
Urban decay and dereliction, A footnote in the city’s fiction Repeated graffiti scrawled on granite Literary lines an unshakeable habit Lost...
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Small Freedoms
Last week in the job interview, they said if I was successful, I’d get a phone call, if not, the council ‘Not on this occasion’ email. Immediately...
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Around May 1941
Around May 1941 By Paul McCann If only we had a time machine , wouldn’t it be great to travel back through time or even into the future . Looking...
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An Everyday Week At Holy Cross
An Everyday Week At Holy Cross By Paul McCann The bells rang out on Sunday, it was time to come to mass, There's was also weekday masses if anyone...
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Cat’s Crying In The Night
Cat’s Crying In The Night By Paul McCann When I was a wee boy I used to lie in bed on winters nights with the sounds of cats crying in my head ,.The...
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All Things are useful, and Needful.
All Things are useful, and Needful Every artist was first an amateur: Ralph Waldo Emerson Stringing together, this unique ensemble: with only a...
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A Place To Remember
A Place To Remember Where once we call our own; A brief hello, a moment. Became a connection so divine. This sanctuary escaped beyond space and time...
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Netherworld
Netherworld Drink in the sea of the Serengeti and savor its lasting breath, asphyxiated and strangulation: crystal and fantasy caves; scuba, snorkels...
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SHOES
SHOES it was one day back in autumn when i needed shoes and bought 'em and it felt so good as they caressed my feet now, its been another autumn...
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Short Stories. Part Five.
Today outside my local Tesco, a man sat outside, and begged. He said to everyone as they and I walked past him, “Can I have 50p?” He said this as he...
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Sean Happens 9
Mr Martin gave Sean a little nudge on the back of his shoulder. ‘Go on then,’ he said. Mum stepped out to meet him. ‘So this is yer little friends,’...
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Fifteen Years.
It came up on my mobile phone early this morning that there was a serious incident in London. I did pause for a moment to think what would make it a...
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