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10 Life Lessons. Number 2.
I loved school. I was bright and inquisitive, and things became easy for me. Don’t get me wrong, our school was known for churning out dunces and...
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Old Zealand's Secret Beaches
Ok they aren’t really secret, but if you drive on the roads near the Zeeland coast you’d never know they were there. When I came to live in Belgium...
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Oh I do like to be...
We spread our towels over pebbles and dream of sand. Windbreakers flap like prayer flags, and the sun, though pale, burns with quiet malice. Children...
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The Rest of My Life: Topsy
Mum had a dog. An over-sized border collie that I bought for her on her birthday 16 years ago. She was overjoyed from the moment she saw it, giving...
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The Static Room
He zips his coat with stiff fingers, shoulders aching from the pack. Thermos knocks against granola bars— Blisters bloom along his back. Snow-wet...
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Facing Adversary A Medieval Winter
Turning back to face gale swept land, touching weather beaten skin, more tired nowadays; how effortlessly heart in untamed mountains feels nothing...
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Before The Troubles Came
Before The Troubles Came By Paul McCann There was something innocent about the life we lived back then before the troubles came . To put it simply we...
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10 Life Lessons. Number 1.
I’ve been on this earth for 66 years, and I can honestly say that I remember 62 of them. The first four are a blur, I think I can remember before I...
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Before Becoming a Ghost
Six thirty, mid May. Grant looked out his window to greet a wonderful sunny day. He was sixty -one, still young in his mind, though grey bearded and...
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Playing at Ghosts
It was the first time it hadn’t felt like Christmas. Aside from the powder of snow that covered the coast in sugary excellence, the season was empty...
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The Rest of My Life: Windchimes
Technically, today is the first day of my retirement! Tuesday has always been a regular day off for me, so today would normally have been my next...
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Offspring
Now this: from some recess,
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Tempranillo Haze
Sun-soaked and forgotten— they kiss beneath the awning’s shade. The child next door plays, distilled moonshine spilled like lemonade. Summer drools—...
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Warning
Warning Jennifer Pickup, 14.05.2025 The best things are intangible Those precious things We can’t see or touch Money can’t buy the best things Those...
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Xion Island Carrier Chapter 10
Chapter 10 ‘Detective Chief Inspector Nash,’ Dr Fendt said, shaking hands. His voice was hushed. ‘I’m sorry to call you this early, but we have a...
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It's feels like yesterday to me
As i close my eyes I remember your sweet eyes I remember the way you kiss me goodnight my world darker with out you around I see your chair and I...
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The Rest of My Life: The End of Work
I could have used a lie-in this morning because I slept badly. I was probably feeling a bit wired out on the new 'I no longer have to go to work'...
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Island of Dreams
One day my wanderlust will take me to Great Yarmouth, but in the meantime here’s the Gulf of Kissamou.
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Praise The Lord! - Part II
If I had my way, everybody would Praise The Lord. When we go to Heaven, there can be no greater reward. God is great and he deserves my praise. And...
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