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The Wind
is like a rattlesnake alert in the daytime and subdued at night yet within shadows it can arrive without fanfare or it strikes with delight- without...
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Ulf and Sven and the party
Sven is alone in the room. Enter Ulf. Ulf: "Sven, why are you all alone in the kitchen. There's a party. You're missing all the fun." Sven: "I'm not...
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Larry and Mick Decide to Go Bowling and Accidentally End Up Travelling to Another Dimension
"Crown green or ten pin?," said Larry. "Wii?," said Mick. "Okay, but when you've had a wee, crown green or ten pin?" The Universe audibly expanded by...
Spinach and Trains (a tale of Larry and Mick)
"Spinach and trains," said Larry. "What?," said Mick. "I remember it," said Larry. "From my childhood. The smell." Mick had known Larry all of his...
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Light for the stumbling
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The world was dark, a place of stumbling ground, the residents for truth fumbled around; In pity, God, who...
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Ulf and Sven and the Olaf Olafson story
Sven: ( offstage ) "Ulf. Ulf." ( enter Sven ) Sven: "We're going to make a movie, Ulf." Ulf: "A movie, Sven. How?" Sven: "It's the local community...
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On The Edge of Blades (Chapter 3.5)
Theseus stood cloaked in a deep and swirling darkness that matched the jagged blade of his sword. He remembered when he signed the second contract,...
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Corona Log Entry 3/12/21
Corona Log Entry - Friday, March 12, 2021- It was a cool 56 degrees out this morning, as we headed over to the Walmart Store in Sebring, Fl. We had a...
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Burglars beware!
A burglar should keep away from homes where children roam and play, for in the dark what danger lies to give a sudden shock, surprise! Lurking...
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Nature the Prize
Bathe your eyes within the streaking of sun-rays followed by coolness in shadowy spaces and here I am between the two: one is the love I have for you...
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She
And I walk alone in a city wept of its men and what we do. Last week, in early Spring, I ’ d cock my head, maybe smile. But here, as if a Crocus. I...
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Maria's Diary 3
January 6, 1830 William came and dined with us on the Monday after Christmas. He had heard from Mary and she seemed pleased with his likeness. She...
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Villa Latino
Paul F. McCann VILLA LATINO The morning sunlight escaped through vacant lots in a cloudy sky-scape. Sunbeams fell to the ground and splattered a...
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Free From Fear
Paul F. McCann FREE FROM FEAR As he lay in a hospital bed he tried to recall the events that took place the week before. It all seemed so vague now...
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The Post COVID Travel Plan
The Post COVID Travel Plan By Paul McCann When the strain of COVID has gone away and we are free to travel once again Will everything in the world...
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On The Edge of Blades (Chapter 3)
Syra heaved a heavy breath. Her tired shoulders carried two buckets of water that sloshed back and forth. Carrying the buckets had been something of...
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That Olde Chestnut
That Olde Chestnut I am a chestnut tree Hard to crack! “That olde chestnut.” The hurricane barks! My leaves are green With enormous veins: Lizards'...
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Pandora's Box
The sun was intense, And in the green parkland Older children played. A frisbee whizzed through the still air, And people grouped in case of a...
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12/03/2021
So my knee is swollen now which I was dreading. My GP recommended Ibu Gel (10) a couple days earlier. I caught up with my Doctor (mother friend) this...
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The Elusive Art
The Elusive Art Funky Funkus For Fortunate Few Real artists won't do alliteration Modernist are we the folks Seeking adoration Post structuralism Is...
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