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Ole Cap'n Pete

If I were to meet someone who thought of me how I thought of Ole Cap’n Pete, surely I’d never leave. But he left us, left us in a tree. Believe me...
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Leadership from the sporting crowd

“Where Have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” Over the years, I have watched several prominent politicians refer to America as “That shining city on the hill...
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Upheaval

Rainwater floods upon itself - far too long layered in its cocoon of space then flees from a river-bed sanctuary channel mishmash of mud and stone...
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"All around my hat"

Nothing changes. Thanks to Kilb50 for muse
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Ugly Puggly 28

We trooped down the stairs, out of breath and excited, as if we’d just returned from a long cross-country run. Ugly Puggly had that distant look, as...
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This dream can't be over

He looks at her she looks at him this dream cant be over they did not have a four-leaf clover to wish upon she look at him and saw the stress on his...

Happy Weary Industry

Labourers wearily industrious in farm, field and hill - will they more leisure gain if machines take the strain? Industrial revolution. Folks flock...
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Ugly Puggly 27

We’d the pole stuck in the ground, falling sideways at the front of the house with a FOR SALE sign. The latest ruse was to add the name of the...
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S T Vasectomy Clinic - 9

Wednesday was a late night opening at the clinic, for professionals who were too important to take time out from their working day. Cece usually...
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Ugly Puggly 26

‘It’ll no take us long if we work as a team,’ Ugly Puggly picked up a ladder from the side of the building. Both aluminium ladders seem much the same...
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A Girl That Asked Sheep

Down in that valley Lived little Ms. Sally Tending to her three sheep Full of cheer that heap With the rise of the sun came a man In his hand was a...

Things we used to say, remember?

Howdy, howdy. Make your own mind up. Think for yourself. Don't let me tell you what to do. We've got bags of time. The world is your oyster. The...
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Luna Moth

Did you stop to gaze at moon, hypnotized by its beauty? Moth with unfolding wings, in wild trance and zephyr's breeze; fluttering limbs with ease.....
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Story of the week

The Castle (1)

Re-post of work in progress. The year is 1646 & England is beset by Civil War. On the outskirts of Falmouth, Cornwall, Elowen and Maben find that their lives are in danger.
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Ugly Puggly 25

I came into the kitchen, yawning. ‘Whit’s that yer daeing?’ Ugly Puggly was up before me. His body slumped sideways, his eyes asked as he glanced up...
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The road is so long

sitting on a bus hearing the engine roar as it goes along the road forevermore as I put my head against the window i see fields rushing by and over...

South Africa 2022

Shield of South Africa !ke e:/xarra//ke Unity in Diversity - https://www.abctales.com/blog/tom-brown/south-africa-2022 Cover picture from Wikimedia...
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Night Heron

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