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Plenty
Well, there you have it. Standing at East Croydon with my shopping, train that should whisk me to Redhill in all of seventeen minutes. Seventeen! But...
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My Greatest Fear.
Meghan our daughter bought us a dishwasher many years ago, and I love it, as I hate washing up. Before we had the dishwasher, Paul was the dishwasher...
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 16
Martha had left the house very early with Willow. They walked the ten blocks to Main Street together but when they approached the Heaven’s Brew café...
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Jimmy
Jimmy Under the trees at the end of the field. The day we built our camp. We had rusty nails, sweet cigarettes. A radio that played opera. You showed...
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Christ’s glory on the mount, and afterwards
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] They saw his glory – brilliant bright, and soon all will behold the sight. Before that time, the sun must...
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A Floral Abundance
Image by Albert Durer Lucas (1828–1919) taken from Pinterest
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WATCH.
There are two types of people in this world. I am one, my Husband is another. Last week Tuesday when I went to visit my Mum, many miles away, it wasn...
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Different.
This week I saw something different; I hadn’t ever seen this before. We have six cats. We have a man near to us, he has pigeons. About once a month,...
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The meek shall inherit the earth
You don't expect it in a car wash. You're not concerned at all that it could happen. Fierce arguing, showing off power, real fuss, and commotion...
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Peter finally sits on my lap ((Lap year 2024)
In the quiet corners of our home, Peter the cat, a creature of mystery, for seventeen years danced through shadows, never one to settle, never one to...
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Atrocious
The phone rang. I was reading up in a cupboard. In the hallway, at the top of the stairs. It was full of books, and I’ve a lamp and desk, but it...
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1:5:5 Forgotten (Part 1)
Uncertain. The First wobbled back to their feet. Lore and Char ahead of them. “You two… That… That was… Different.” They struggled at first to...
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The Jean Genie (Dead Reckoning series - Part 23)
In which Samantha helps the detectives find the key, but there's no clear answers from the mess they find themselves in!
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A Year With the Brighouse Stars Walking Club - The September Weekend Part 2
A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club The Club September Weekend Part 2 - Saturday Beryl’s full English breakfasts were something of a legend...
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A Year With the Brighouse Stars Walking Club - The September Weekend Part 1
A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club The Club September Weekend Part 1 – Friday A note Readers of the previous tales of the Brighouse Stars...
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Withnail & I 2: Beer and Loving in Penrith (4)
Following Monty's funeral, Withnail and Marwood properly reunite over a drink in a London pub... FADE UP: 15. INT. PUB - DAY A modern pub, but still...
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Withnail & I 2: Beer and Loving in Penrith (3)
Marwood decides to attend Monty's funeral in Highgate Cemetery, in the hopes of seeing Withnail again after the 30-year gap... FADE UP: 14. EXT...
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Fading, but happy – 105!
Emotional and vague, but seeming to appreciate … A card from the King … The staff gather and join us in singing ‘Happy Birthday’ as the grandson played the violin.
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What Would I Take? Part Five.
This story has fascinated me, from start to finish! Yet I haven’t even put the news on to watch it on the telly. All the info that I have had, has...
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Turnips and a scapegoat - Chapter 8
As the months passed, Sebastian discovered that he was happy - truly, deeply happy. He missed Oliver, of course, but he knew that their parting had...
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