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A Devil of a Man (6) - A Pope's Dilemma

Enters the Green Count - Image by Odejea - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,- Wikimedia Commons
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New Directions (12)

Barry Stokes isn’t easily fazed. I was banking on him figuring out how to make a few quid from my visit. Word would already be out. Pretty soon...
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Afternoons Without Spoons

Entered in a poetry competition more than 10 years ago. I think it came 2nd last. I've just found it again. Perhaps you'd prefer it if I hadn't. Image author's own, made at canva.com using a collage technique.
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5.1 Valley of Flowers
Tyler took a Malév flight from Budapest Ferihegy Airport and arrived at Sofia in Bulgaria after two hours. It was a very large terminal and...
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Treachery at Wuhan
Coming out in March Treachery at Wuhan A Novel by Joseph Xavier Martin A daring night incursion, on the North Korean Coast, to rescue two imprisoned...
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Why? Part Three.

I heard this a lot when I was young, and throughout my life, then it seemed to come to a natural stop. For years I had not heard the phrase. It is a...
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Why? Part Two.

I have worked for the same Company for many decades, almost thirty years. I have seen many changes, all for the better. It was very hard work, before...
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No Hats en el Pueblo (Alhaurin El Grande, June 2015)

Boring. Don't bother. Image has no known copyright issues.
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Parcel for you...Part 19

He heard some sort of meaningless laughter. Vanessa was sputtering like a very underpowered engine, emitting nervous breathy giggles in sporadic...
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4.5 Spotted in Budapest
Suddenly, he heard the door lock. He darted into the bedroom under the arch and dropped beside the big box bed. There was no way he could hide under...
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Texture
Texture When you move, your aura displays Like an eyelid soundless blink. Breathtaking, into a deep trance blue autumn, earthen sky. A symbol of...
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Texture
Texture When you move, your aura displays Like an eyelid soundless blink. Breathtaking, into a deep trance blue autumn, earthen sky. A symbol of...
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The Insistence of Beauty
The Insistence of Beauty Feel the feathers of fire light up your face; While tracing tracks of smoke shadows, Incense suffices, offered in daily...
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Baron von Ernest and the alien spaceship
I had the privilege of sitting in on the cabinet meeting with Baron von Ernest, who had recently been promoted to Emperor of the civilized word, when...
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A Devil of a Man (5) - A Fair Exchange

Fair exchange is no robbery. - Image from Wikimedia Commons.
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Baron von Ernest and the stick

Baron von Ernest and his entourage, myself included, were travelling in his private coach from the city back to the castle, when suddenly the Baron...
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The Baron von Ernest (2)
My mother opened the door and the emissary from the Baron entered our abode. “Are you Hans Neesand?” he asked. I nodded nervously in response. “I am...
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Mushroom For Improvement
A monkey ate a mushroom And blasted into space He wanted to be the fun guy But now he's off his face Fractals dancing before his eyes Emotional...
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Special
Special from birth You were born in your caul A beautiful boy You bought joy to us all Your brother protective When he first held you tight He told...
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The Great Exchange!

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] The One who had no sin at all took on our sin to save us, and so he bore its judgement full – his righteousness he gave us. …
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