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1.1 It Came Out of The Sky
Kenwood, the Air Traffic Controller, picked his binoculars and zoomed in on the aircraft that came out of the sky, flying north over the mountains. A...
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My Top Ten.
There are some fantastic things to watch on telly. 10. I love Inspector Morse. I have watched him for decades. 09. I love Vera, the actress who plays...
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Always the hands.....
Check the bolt Check the bolt For action Hands slip and slide Mud and sweat Sweat and mud “Alright mate” “Aye” “Alright mate” “Aye” “We’ll be alright...
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Dark Night of the Soul
The dark night of the soul is a recognised period of spiritual development; when the person can lose all belief until the self as ego is abandoned. The two saints who exemplified this for me are St John of The Cross, and St Therese of Lisieux, (image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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"Oneiroi" (Greek myth - gods of dream)
Pasty faces and foggy lands In dreams that shake the soul Phobetor weaves a tapestry Of dank and dripping shrouds To chill the blood and tremble lips...
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Didn't See That Coming.
Was thinking about the Queen today. She had been the Queen all my life. She was beautiful and all powerful. I had seen pictures of her from when she...
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Mother Of The Clouds
Mother Of The Clouds By Paul McCann Mother of the clouds you walk to places where no one goes through the doors of time that never close bringing...
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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone? Various media sources have attempted to parse the meaning, of former President Trump’s -Kabuki performances in rallies and on...
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Wherever I Hide Tonight
I am writing this as bullets whizz over my head, currently underneath the rubbles that appears to be a bed. No, it has not ended. And no, I don’t...
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Through the eyes
The fire in her eyes always scared me. Maybe I saw the reflection of my imperfect self through her eyes, and got frightened by the reality of it. Or...
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Joyful, frugal celebration!
Her ring was old, her grandma’s gold; her love, commitment new and true; her dress she’d had to borrow … no sop to superstition, or slavish following of tradition – just
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This Sort of Thing - January 2024 - Starter
Written at the rate of 100 words per day, this is the first part of my account of a journey from the settee to the corner of our kitchen where the kettle is.
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Jungleland (by Bruce Springsteen) : A (Belated) Review by Alfred Muggins
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26/11/21 To all my fans, of my novels, written, unwritten, and partly written, and short stories, poems and blogs, chronicles, and posts. It has been...
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what some may call...
what some may call… hill swept, i pass the gate after a time-worn ascension as wind bends the ring of beeches i can see for miles, millennia even...
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The Reckoning, pt 1. Homework from my therapist.
Getting it Out or Something It is the 5th of February, 2024. I was given homework by my therapist to write about my dad. I don’t know where to start...
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The Seaside
Thoughts in 2024 of a waste of time “going to the coast”. When I was young I used to dwell in a heap of nostalgia about “The Seaside”. Specifically,...
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A Murmuration of Starlings
Why Starlings gather in their murmurations (from the sound they make) is still a mystery, and long may it be so. We are fortunate in having had some good displays this winter, in the nearby RSPB nature reserve.
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Something Old, Something New
A satirical viewpoint - Illustration from Pinterest.
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We Watched from the Shore
We watched from the shore, is he really on board? There’s no sign of him on land or sea or yet behind this sealed sky. He is behind our eyes, as a...
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If You Want To Go To Heaven
If you want to go to Heaven, Jesus is the only way. If you haven't accepted Jesus, you should do it today. If you want to go to Heaven, accept Jesus...
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