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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Reflection

I'm continuing with the final draft of 'Gift' - my memoir/journal based on my time as my mother's full-time carer for the last few months of her life...
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Dragon-dinos

Under a carpet in Carlisle cathedral aisle a brass plate over a marble tomb (about 500 years old); engraved with a dog, a fish, a bird, an eel and two mythical creatures (it is said) — or are they? …Did Saint George kill a dinosaur?
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Ex Crete

More whimsy, this time from the second half of September 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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In Daddy’s Arms
In Daddy’s Arms Paul McCann There were 6 children under five years of age in the family home and there was no escape .The mother never stopped all...
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Incubus

Once thought to be a myth
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Yard Sale Chapter 3

A tale of woe, deceit, heartbreak, and happyness
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Rain beats
Rain beats incessantly, October here before September begun. A flood of feeling, Like Summer. Gone. Trees creating lines like broken glass Across...
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A Year With the Brighouse Stars Walking Club - Farewell Our Lionel
Warning. Readers of the previous adventures of the Brighouse Stars Walking Club may find that the following episode induces feelings of overwhelming...
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Fail to Plan, Plan to Fail
Taylor Swift is fabulous, although I’m not at all sure about the current beau, but that’s none of my beeswax. Anyway, I was mildly surprised (okay I...
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The Old Man and the Libyan Sea

A whimsical look at my involvement in the world during the first half of September 2024, at the rate of 100 words per day.
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Above CravenArms 29/9/24

Bright September Saturday Lunch at the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre, Craven Arms: (Veggie lasagne and lemon and oat slice!) Then walk out over...
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A Stitch In Time Saves Nine.

Yesterday I had got up early and seen to the cats and the dogs, did the dish washer, swept and mopped the floors, changed all the cat litters, wrote...
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Scientific accuracy and discrepancies
Can someone tell us what the correct use is of the terms figures, numbers, amount of, count and how many? These terms have different meanings. The...
Frugal Schmoogal

I hate no spend month. It has very little to do with saving money. It’s a ploy, showing up all your self-defeating, deflecting, sublimating, time-...
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Return Of The Stolen Children
Return Of The Stolen Children By Paul McCann In the darkness of the night he woke up with a beautiful small of roses in the room . As he looked over...
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Unseen Hands At Work
Unseen Hands At Work By Paul McCann He had been using his gift of teleporting and was confident about his ability to travel through time and space ...
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Yard Sale Chapter 2

A tale of woe, deceit, heartbreak and love
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EARTH FROM THE AIR

Art Lesson No.1: Earth From the Air Andy Warhol thought it was a good idea to separate the artist from the artwork – as far as possible. This idea...
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Seasons’ Round

Summer rose and harebells dancing, autumn … winter ,… spring … .
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We're Going to Need a Bigger Hammer
I’m not keen on measuring and sawing, hack or otherwise. In fact, ‘hack’ may be the operative word for my sawing. It’s a leftie thing. Can’t slice...
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