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The man who walks through hell

Step by step I walk through the fire It burns my very soul to be here The pain I feel insurmountable A pitchfork in my side twisting more and more as...

The Sound Of My Beating Heart

The Sound Of My Beating Heart by Paul McCann I was chasing a dream somewhere between before the day and night would start , As people passed by like...
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Malta. Part Four.

We went to the capital of Malta, Valletta, it was a very hot day. After we had been to the amazing cathedral, we went to another part of Valletta...
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Man Mountain

Image from Wikimedia Common in the public domain. Source El Grafico del 17 de Noviembre de 1934. Edition 801
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The Devil's Hat

And the world did nothing...
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Inner Smile, Outer Smile

Why are routines so hard to make and so easy to break? The second Leith Hall outdoor yoga session was today. Have I been pressing heels down recently...
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Dangers in the dark

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] What dangers when confusion reigns, and argument concerning what is good and right, rebellious claims that...

Just Be

Just Be Relaxation with a sigh; response. Body-mind in tune. Resting in cleaning the mind, where one finds solace. From all of life’s earthly basic...
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Malta. Part Three.

The only country that I have ever wanted to go to in the world, was Malta. As a surprise, my daughter Meghan, surprised me, a holiday for the both of...
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Dirge for another year gone by

What do I do of these penny pastiches limp and coddled and shy from the wise seeds of wit and wonder grow these superflous weeds that stutter and...

Careless

CARELESS Oops! Got to be Mo, freeze frame. Shit's all the same: but who’s blaming? Rabbit chasing tortoise down a rabbit's trail; in slow motion...

Never is In The Giving Up

Never Is In The Giving Up They say that time changes things: but you actually have to change them yourself. Andy Warhol Therefore - Persevere with...
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Story of the week

Anyone At All

From ‘ The Scouring Tout’ column, The Martlet, March 28 Walking backwards should be uncomfortable and disorienting, and in this case, it was,...
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Void

Taking an idea, that of the voidness of some lives, into a poem.

2084-E

Chris stood in front of the judge in the crown court. The judge was a middle aged man with a moustache and a beard. He was wearing his red gown and...
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Bus Pass Has a Birthday Treat

Bus Pass is three years old today and is feeling rather excited. By coincidence, a new ‘Søstrene Grene’ shop is opening in Aberdeen, and Bus Pass, a...
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"For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

Some people are angry that Just Stop Oil threw coloured cornflour at Stonehenge. Because the structure is old? A symbol of how humans have survived...
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Alfred Muggins’ Easter Dream

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10/4/24 Bob Dylan comes on singing a hymn with keyboards and guitars, a message of peace for all sides and all hearts. Truth is spoken, and felt! The...

1:5:3 Alterations (Part 1)

Breathe. The immediate panic the quake had caused had been short lived but was soon replaced with curiosity and questioning. Sharr’Renn picked...
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A Night To Remember (Dead Reckoning series - Part 14)

In which Samantha frets about Josiah's dinner engagement, Josiah endures an awkward drive into the Cheshire countryside and things don't end quite as expected.
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