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The Rag Doll's Clothes (I Am Not Invisible)
Photograph is from wiki commons - unfortunately - taken in 2006, I wonder where this woman is now? Is she even alive? A large proportion of the UK's homeless are ex-military personnel. Licence cc-by-sa-2.0.
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I READ THE BABBLE
my occupation ? minister many weddings I have led "I now pronounce you, man and wife" so many times I've said but late in life, I must confess...
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Undercover Agent 3
I moved into the boy’s room. Denton had warned me that this might happen and had given me clear instructions of what to do, there was no point my...
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Managing Political Campaign
Managing Political Campaigns Over dinner one evening, a friend asked me what all of this “campaign stuff” was all about. They had apparently been...
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Beachcomber
I remember a time, thirty thousand years ago, when I felt something.
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This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - La finale
Words of comfort, words of peace. Words to fend off angry geese.
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Death Is Constantly Seeking You
Death Is Constantly Seeking You: So what are you waiting for? The sands in the hourglass have now begun to evaporate; Running on empty: pressing to...
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Good Neighbours
It has almost become the norm now, the doorbell goes, I go to the door and it the post man asking, “Can you have this parcel for number three?” I...
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The Haunted Coffee Machine
A short ghost story (with apologies to Margery lawrence)
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This Sort of Thing - March 2024 - L'ouverture
Words in papers, words in books. Words once sung by Elkie Brooks.
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Never Give Up To Waves
Searching for a place to not just escape, But belong, my rose garden. Big roaring grey angry waves keep bashing me against Cold wet walls that try to...
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The Gift of Life
The Gift of Life Knowing god’s will is life's treasure; But doing God's will is a life of pleasure. Searching out god’s will is life in the word: And...
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In This House II
She needn’t search for a bump on her head this time. The aching pain let it be known. In the coolness of the room, she could feel a trickle of warm...
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Holy Forever.
Holy Forever. On January 17th 2024A.D. something popped up on my Instagram it was of two little boys one was on a homemade drum and the other was...
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Undercover Agent 2
“It’s a parrot with perfect recall,” Denton told his boss. “Word for word.” “How does that help. We’ can’t use a parrot in court, we’d look...
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Undercover Agent 1
“Armed police,” someone shouted, and a dozen or more armed officers stormed into the room. They surrounded the table, at which Linton and Hilya were...
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Cat Nation
Mrs Simpkins had stuck little A4 posters on every lamp post , bin and tree in a one-mile radius of her small garden flat in the quiet end of town at...
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Wonky wants become wise
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] I’ve freedom to do what I want, empowered now to do what I would – for as I now know, love the Lord, I value...
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If I Could Live My Life Over Again .......
If I Could Live My Life All Over Again. I have said, that SO many times. Even more so last year. What does that really mean? Usually, I say that when...
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