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(This Life) Part 3: The Butcher’s Wi(n)dow
The local butcher's shop was gutted by fire and rebuilt. We passed by early morning once the scaffolding and boards had been taken down.
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Three Women at the Estuary
The first one flew away before we had time to say barely hello. The geese honked derision at the fumbled fond words I hoped to snare her with . The...
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Nobody's Boy
I knew you the first day we laid eyes on you- a foster son to join us excited boy out of control boy belligerent boy super smart boy- lonely boy...
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The Art of Living
From the Telegraph 03/01/2022 - Top French university offers Masters course in 'drinking, eating and living.
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The Sausage Dog Today (6)
The new edition of The Sausage Dog Today arrived and the three journalists gathered round. "Druggie Dog Cheat" ran the headline. The rest of the...
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We Grin
Ranty, not ranty. Image source, public domain vectors.org.
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A Tribute to a Formerly Unknown Artist
A 61-year-old from Sacramento sported slicked back hair and a pencil thin mustache. He’d never admit it to anyone, but he borrowed that look directly...
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Five Other People Are Looking At This Item
The Crock-Pot C60 slow cooker in black, was £89.99, reduced to £34.99, save £55.00. As I deliberated upon this item, the £50 Curry’s gift card...
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Keeping Teeth and Kidneys for Beginners
According to my team of researchers, Bulgaria has the cheapest beer in the world. At least one bottle of rakia, that well known cure-all,...
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The Abandoned Wife
A man who lives in my town is truly despised. He divorced his wife when she was paralyzed. They had a really bad car crash when her husband chose to...
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Peaches & White
Peaches & White are such a delight- its taste sweet and in winter the snow is boss. Each farmer so proud of their yield rain and sun cooperating...
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Railway Tracks, Laughter & Spiders
The buddleia is turning brown by the side of the tracks A butterfly perches, rises, perches, rises, then suddenly turns back The South side signal...
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The Sausage Dog Today (5)
"I've done some research about The Sausage Dog Today," Ella said. "Their registered office is a front, a warehouse in London. The same address is...
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The Adventures Of Minator -- chapter 22 -- Closing In
Chapter 22 Closing In The Spaceship banked over the River Thames in the night sky. There was a full moon. They knew they could not be detected by...
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Relationship
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] “Immanuel” means “God with us” – to you is he a stranger? He wants a real relationship, so came, lay in a...
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Procastinations
Yesterday was the first day of the year. On the previous night, following my mother’s tradition every eve of a new year, I woke up near midnight to...
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Matti
You buy the house because of the tree. As soon as you see the tree, you know you have to have the house. It’s a compact, three-bedroom cottage, some...
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Psychokinetic Imagination
An unusually gifted child goes on an adventure with his toys.
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Ways
And now I think of my friend Stevie on an early train from York to London. Learning the words to ‘True Love Ways’ for his open audition for ‘Buddy...
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