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(3) The Covid 19 Miracle
Fred Flanders was on his Wednesday morning prayer meeting on Zoom. Catherine lived in Darrowby. "My husband's very ill," she said. A picture of an...
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(2) Love Me Love My Fiat
Fred Flanders was visiting one of his parishioners. Fred Flanders's parish was the whole of the north east. The man lived 20 miles away. "The surgeon...
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(1) The Call to Rotherham
Simon Flanders carried a surfboard across the floor of the Honolulu Victorious Crystal Diamond Worship Centre. He was dripping wet. Pastor Fred...
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The Human Touch: Chapter Six
Chapter Six Part of Sammy’s condition was that he was very single minded. Taking on sole responsibility for the dog training was a grave...
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The Human Touch: Chapter Five
Chapter Five. ‘Shelly May. Shelly May. Shelly May.’ Shelly wished that just for one hour, her son would forget her name. Fifty times a day he stood...
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The Human Touch: Chapter Four
Chapter Four Sammy stood in the middle of the kitchen. His parents were still in bed, but he couldn’t sleep and there was no point in trying when you...
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Remembrance
Just a patch of poppies grow beneath greying sky, pathos of life ebbing in the final battle cry, gentle flowers mark fragile life when from trenches...
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Tolkien on Disco Biscuits
Nothing to see here, walk on by. Image is used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported: photograph by Acroterion
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The Coal Porter
Walking with sand tides against methane winds. A man shadowed through gunmetal blue, seeks coal. There were once days of counting ways of how to live...
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It's a Bug's Life
This bloody Corona virus...
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Lost in a Durham Landscape
I kicked my heels in the living room while Aoife mulled wine in the kitchen above the mantelpiece, a painting (where a mirror ought to be) drew me in...
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sleeping with penguins
hypnotic music ‘music for a found harmonium’ fills the room and birdsong through the open window it’s warm today I stand at the door a soft sheet...
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Wind in Trees by Water
A little cheesy, but wanted to explain to someone why my walks were so important to me so I wrote it in high winds whilst walking yesterday.
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"Past or Present" Chapter 3
Stephanie sat on the bed in Victoria’s room and wondered what would happen if she fell asleep? Would she wake up back in her own life time? She hoped...
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Angels on High
The 90+ Club has energy to burn- and arrives in singles and two’s ladies adorned in grey hair and shaky legs yet strong enough to stand for our Lord...
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The Human Touch: Chapter Three
Chapter Three The school bus pulled up outside, Sammy was in the third seat from the front—his seat— staring out of the window. He showed no...
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In a World Gone Mad: Monday 6 July 2020
We walked bloody miles yesterday. It was just under five miles, but it was heavy walking over heathland and up—and sometimes down was worse—massive...
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We Shall Not Pass This Way Again
Josiah and Archibald are having to share a car, along with some insights!
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The Human Touch: chapter Two
Chapter Two ‘John. John, I’ve found one. Come here, quick.’ Shelly was excited. ‘Look, I’ve found an advert. She read from social media as her...
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The Jump
'As if!! You do it...' She looks me in the eyes, falling gracefully away from the edge of the pier. I'm left, heart beating like a fledgling; waiting...
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