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1:5:1 Quatarr (Part 2)
It was uncanny how similar it was for both of them. They both awoke in their relative sleeping area; they both went outside and they both looked up...
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Why do I stay alive?
During my first year of medical school, the Director of Well-Being & Integrative Medicine, Dr. Anne Weisman, gave one lecture that I will never...
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Quinn and the Dinosaur
Canterbury called Quinn to his office first thing that morning. “Ah, Quinn,” he said. “We’d like to name a dinosaur after you.” “A dinosaur?” said...
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Advice to future generations
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Ratface
It had turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon, a bit windy but the wind was warmer, coming from the South now, blowing a constant stream of...
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Getting Out More
It has been a very long winter of wild weather. Of course, this suits me fine; never leaving the house, snuggling up with a book or two, or re-...
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The 20th Anniversary of Anthony Ainley's Death
Today is the twentieth anniversary of the death of a talented British actor. His name was Anthony Ainley. He died on May 3, 2004 at the age of 71. He...
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By Their Deeds Shall Ye Know Them
Yesterday I was in town to work on my quota, and I was keeping my eye open. It was the first day of spring and the sun was out. Everybody looked...
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A Night At The Unity
A Night At The Unity By Paul McCann When I was young I had job in the evenings working at the Unity club in old Ardoyne . It stood proudly there...
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Sunday Walks After Mass
Sunday Walks After Mass By Paul McCann Daddy took us for Sunday walks And we never got lost . We always went first to early mass Up at Holy Cross. We...
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Aunt Lily’s Cat
Aunt Lily’s Cat By Paul McCann Tiddles was Aunt Lily’s cat and she always had a lot to eat as she wandered in and out all the houses in Jamaica...
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I AM Joan Collins
Beltane dawned in a whiteout of mizzle and haar that wasn’t for lifting. In the afternoon, to amplify liberation, I went to the movies at the ARC...
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Memorials of a hedonistic society
hope refound?
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Turn and Face the Strange
Contemplating life in a world where virtually everything’s becoming virtual.
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Fire, Water, Earth and Air.
There are some mysteries in this world and universe, that amazes me. When I was young and in my teens, I was fascinated with the stars at night,...
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A Test of patience on a windy day.
A test of patience on a windy day It was a lovely, late April day in Southwest Florida. We had been to the gym and the library earlier in the morning...
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2084-A
The family sat down, with their friends, at a table for 6 in a restaurant. The lights went out. Chris' girlfriend Maria took a handlamp out of her...
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'Doing' for Dad
'DOING' FOR DAD I'm concerned that Dad is forgetting to eat (or just doesn't feel hungry, a known side-effect of dementia). He didn't eat tea last...
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Almost Invisible Cities
Urban decay and dereliction, A footnote in the city’s fiction Repeated graffiti scrawled on granite Literary lines an unshakeable habit Lost...
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Small Freedoms
Last week in the job interview, they said if I was successful, I’d get a phone call, if not, the council ‘Not on this occasion’ email. Immediately...
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