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The Way We Were: Another Brick in the Wall, December 1979

Eric was the first person I ever saw take on the powers that be. The Boy and I were lounging on the playing fields lazily sucking on a joint when we...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 8

Chapter 9. So where is the Bangolin tree? Amanderella tapped her notebook with her sharpened pencil. “Please tell me as much as you know.” Mr...
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Unearned, Price Paid by Another

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Only Christ does not require the earning of salvation. Who could merit so acquire to pay for their...

Mammy

Mammy - By Paul McCann M oments that are worthwhile A lways bring a warm smile M aking light of the time M emories I will find Y esterdays in our time

Moments With Mammy

Moments With Mammy by Paul McCsnn In her arms she cradled me when I was her wee baby. She kept me warm in the cold , she gave me a smile to hold when...

Mother Of All Time

Mother Of All Time By Paul McCann Mother of all time I see someone like you there for me . Mother of heaven and earth Mother of gentle rebirth Mother...

Circus Soleil and The Empress Card

She meets the balloon sculptor at the lido where the water is black and salted. When the tide comes in, the swells slop and jive her towards his...
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The Way We Were: House of Fun, May 1982

Goran’s house was perfectly located, it was on the edge of the Old Court estate where half of us lived, and just a playing field away from the...
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Favourite Quotations of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) was a German-born physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and won the Nobel Prize for...
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The Way We Were: Abba-esque EP, June 1992

I like blondes. Agnetha From Abba, for example, or Yvonne, from my philosophy tutorial group. I’d liked her all year, but it’s difficult to chat...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 7

Chapter 7. A bunch of lilies. Algersome Eartrembler arrived at Mrs Gaffletter’s with a bouquet of damp lilies and a voice that rumbled like a heavy...
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Bron-38

Continued from Chapter 37: Bron-37 | ABCtales ‘This is the 08.03 from London Euston to Holyhead. Calling at Rugby, Tamworth, Stafford, Crewe, Chester...
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Hard Time Killing Floor - Part Two: The Bentonia Tuning

The Bentonia school was the work of a man named Henry Stuckey, who learned a guitar tuning from Black soldiers in France in 1918 — Bahamian troops,...
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"Answer Me"

David Whitfield: 11th December 1953 to 7th January 1954
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Ghosted: A Meteorology

Clouds live on average for about ten minutes. His cooking pot is pigeon grey and sturdy with non-scald handles. It still has a glass jar of rusty...

Lung Biopsy Result

Dear diary...it's Friday 8 th May 2026. I woke this morning in a better mood than yesterday. Last night I was able to sleep through the night, unlike...
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Amanderella Gottsnobbler and the Bangolin Tree Chapter 6

Chapter 6. A Letter arrives. After Mrs Thimblewick left, Amanderella’s mother sat for a long moment in the garden chair, the newspaper clipping...
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The Way We Heard: Way Down

1977 The screened porch was hotter than the kitchen but at least it was hers. Wanda sat on the metal rocker that didn't rock anymore and worked...
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Singing The Blues: January 1957

The frost had settled thick on the rooftops along the terraced row, turning the slates the colour of pewter. It was still dark at half-past seven, on...
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The Nameless Ones

Floating from place to place, free as the wind itself; known unknown travelling networks invisible, roots placed unseen yet life thrives. Every step...

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