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Tulips from Amsterdam

Botanical works of art.
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Stairwell to Living
From the bottom of Wood Street to an apartment high above my foot begins to climb - its angle daunting slowly up the sidewalk – a sneaker at curbside...
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Influencers
Influencer What the hell is an influencer? To have influence to do what? You represent a kind of cultural nadir In this age of mass community A...
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Henry VIII : Tyrantosaurus Rex : An Exceedingly Short Novel By Mr Alfred N.Muggins
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Henry VIII, Tyrantosaurus Rex went on the rampage, devouring maidens and wives, and rooting out rotten ministers, creating division and forcing his...
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How I Know I'm Damned
Catholic ethic
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Most Vial

This is a sequel to “Invisible” at https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/invisible The walls looked as dull today as they had yesterday. Paint...
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Mother Of Perseverance
. Mother Of Perseverance By Paul McCann Mother of perseverance you never fail to intercede for all those who come to you in prayer . Mother of...
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Penetration Privileges
Like God amassing gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh, vain potentates, possessed by pride that riches will confer, depleted pillaged villages...
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Golden Memories: The Toybox
At first, nostalgia seems like a unique, individual experience, but as time goes by people often realise that others have had very similar events in...
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The Mythicals - 0: Archie – a memorial
i walk our dogs through the woods each day and on one path there is a bench dedicated to one lost young.
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Relatability
There are stars that watch After the sun has gone -- Substitutes for the destitute, Their twinkling an epiphany. An eye is drawn to their beauty,...
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I Lost A Neighbor And A Friend

My neighbor died on April 8, 2021 and his name was Joe. I learned about his death and I'm saddened to see him go. He wasn't just my neighbor, he was...
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just deserts

I wander beside the desert unfurling like a sea of chrysanthemum petals wondering, Do fish swim under those diminishing curves? For sure, there are...
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Observation
High tech firms are apparently running out of 'chips'. So ....let them eat phish. Marie Aunt Hairnet
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Before We Kissed Goodnight
Dear diary...remembering a time in early 1970. Now I still feel the same inside. Once we danced in meadows it was a hippy special time, with sunshine...
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Gibborim

This is an old one dug out of an old hard drive, don't think I ever posted it here. Anyway, Gibborim sort of means warriors, heroes, the mighty... The word was used to refer to King David (yes, that one)'s bodyguard. Anyway, enjoy this... or not. 2 Samuel 23:8–38 Image is PD from Wikipedia.
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Mr Alfred Muggins' Small Melodrama In The Kitchen
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Muggins came into the kitchen. Chaos!! He could see at least two tops off things (and that was just at first glance!) The milk was still out on the...
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Sea Shells

She sells sea shells, by the sea shore. He says, “Well, that’s dumb. People could just go out there on the beach and pick them up for free.” She...
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Ten things seen [in my immediate environment]
1. Six bananas on one stalk, two at the back allow two at the front to rest on them, cradling them like grandparents - lean back, you’re safe here ...
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Heron-haunted Pool
Ropy jelly congeals in a shallow pool, fringed by rushes, swelling frogspawn absorbs blue sky into green shade. Tadpoles wiggle loose, like dark...
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