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Working Together
Working Together Short Dialogue on Cultural diversity By Paul McCann Introduction : A brief talk between two nurses who have heard about an incident...
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Hear For Jay
Hear For Jay A Short Sketch By Paul McCann A conversation between two community nurses who are trying to put together an action plan in their attempt...
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- 137 reads
Waiting
I don’t know why I’m waiting for the next moment When the next one will be exactly the same as this I will be doing the very same things Feeling the...
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Last Train

Last Train Jennifer Pickup (For my Dad, a Steam Train enthusiast) So this is the end of the line, This is the last stop on the track, No more trains...
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Faith
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Faith I have spent my days Denying the thought That almighty exists Up there, despite what some say As I lay in bed, my close ones huddle I feel...
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Pagan Temple
In the 1700s, one of the Earl’s of Fife decided that, not content with having grapes and pineapples in his vinery, hosting high society bal masquės...
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14 "Laters"

More of this? You ask. Of course, I say. In 2022 around 6% of rough-sleeping homeless/indigent people were veterans. This was down from 22% in 1997. (Good job, charities, but keep going) Not all people who are homeless are sleeping rough. Image author's own.
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West of Ireland

Standing on a beach in County Kerry, Ireland - 2005. West of Ireland Standing at the far edge of an ancient archipelago, a desolate sentry ashore,...
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The Woman Of Old House
The Woman Of Old House By Paul McCann Barbara was from the Markets and Danny from Ardoyne .They went out a couple of times and started to get serious...
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Malta Part One

Malta We arrived yesterday. There was a lot of preparation involved, especially for something SO important. Every opportunity that I got I would iron...
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Starting a Novel #3
"The end is fry! The end is fry!" "I say" said Percy Popinjay "surely you mean 'the end is NIGH' my dear fellow?" "I knows what I mean, sir"...
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Kit Handsome and a busy day in politics (2)

“Can I speak to you for a moment, Kit?” said Harkaway. “Sorry Mr Mayor, I just need to discuss a matter with my officer, I’ll be right back.” They...
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Remembering You
Remembering You By Paul McCann Never be the reason why someone stopped trying , or someone started crying , or took to the bed lying all day . Never...
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In Our Town
In Our Town By Paul McCann In our town we don’t walk alone or feel as if we’re not at home . We’re not the problem here today we don’t want trouble...
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Farewell Is a Lonely Sound (Dead Reckoning series - Part 13)

A time of comings and goings, in which Archibald and Josiah dicuss their respective 'goings' and the Detectives are less than happy about what's coming!
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The Travelling Salesman and Chess
To do routing, timetables and scheduling, if you wonder how good artificial intelligence is give it the travelling salesman problem. Then we'll see...
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He Ain't Heavy

Image from Wikimedia Commons - Author Peter van der Sluijs - Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.
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The Right Combination
The Right Combination – Smith With A Why By Paul McCann Introduction: A nurse carrying out her duties notices there are two patients with the same...
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Pastries and Birthdays
Saturday was the third birthday of the Foggie Neuk Farmer’s Market, it would've been churlish not to attend. Was reading that George MacDonald was...
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The Missing Pig

Someone had taken away my pig. It was there in my room when I went to school, but when I came back that afternoon, the pig had disappeared. I...
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