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The Veteran
He felt the old wound scars: joined the war of WW 11 saw the blight smelled the death his wound memory-dripped red in war no quarter given bombed-out...
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Energy.
When I lived on my own for five years, before I got married, in difficult times I could cope and make do, to get myself through the lean times...
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We're not in Kansas anymore!
An old story I've revisited
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Genius Loci
Genius Loci (a fiction?) There is, in this house, some third party hardly spoken of. If mentioned, it would not be as a person; nor would any groping...
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Gimlet and Finchley 3 - Gimlet and Flinchley
I feel sort of empty,” said Finchley. “Of course you do,” said Gimlet. “That’s because you don’t have a hand up your bottom.” Without Ted, Gimlet and...
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Gimlet and Finchley 2 - Gavin
Gavin stopped the video, and the screen froze on the image of Gimlet, basking in the laughter. “There you are gentlemen,” Gavin said. “Proof that Ted...
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The Family Feast
The family's come round for the festive feast...
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Happy Birthday Doctor
On this day in 1963 the very first Doctor Who was televised; and I watched it as my thirteen years old self. I'm still waiting to regenerate! (Image courtesy of Tom Franz from Wikimedia Commons)
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Fit for Beasts
But let me take you back to last summer. The nights were as hot as our pissing-down days; it had been chucking it down since the Spring. The air was...
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… Well-yoked
“It is a truth universally acknowledged …
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winter trees
Winter trees, I finally found you (a short seasonal poem)
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Sailors On A Ghost Ship
Sailors On A Ghost Ship By Paul McCann We are the boys from sailors town , forever young we are , We’re looking for adventures anywhere here , near...
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The Treadmills of My Mind
It’s that ole devil called insomnia again, where I’m entertained by the dark columns of the world’s problem page.
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Empty Promises
Empty Promises By Paul McCann Its better to wiggle and to giggle if you can when you’re stuck in the middle of a hole , If I promise not to tell you...
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Gimlet and Finchley 1 - Ted, Gimlet and Finchley
On TV the comedian is talking to a wolf and an alligator glove puppets. “When I die,” he said, “I want you both to continue the act without me.”...
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Stormy Weather
Agnes. Babet and Ciarán. were the latest storms to reach the UK in 2023
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Whispers From Beyond
Whispers from Beyond I was recently introduced to an interesting feature on Facebook, by a kind friend. She showed me the “memories” feature. When...
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This Precious Lady
She’s the one who awakens on mornings so bright carries me when my thoughts are down- thank you for hours of patience sprinkled over our children-...
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Hamas’ Own Masada! By rogue reporter Alfred N.Muggins
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19/10/23 (17/11/23) Where have the other Arab and muslim states been? Where have the European States been. Only a few years before they all chastised...
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