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Collections
The forest offers bricks, if you know where to look.
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Taking Care 6 (iii)
After three months in the job, I had my first supervision. Malcolm was my appointed supervisor. I was dreading it. "It's just a formality, really,"...
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Delicious harvest
A bramble apple tree – laden, swollen fruit – picked and generously shared – a goodly portion received (cut out a few worm-holes, but otherwise...
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Seeing
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SEEING I wish I could explain to you how it is that when I see a sunrise on a shattered landscape an empty shoe washed up on a beach a blackbird...
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Mediocre Moon
Skywatchers tonight will see something rare- a moon noted for its bland appearance. Just weeks ago, throngs of people viewed the “Super Dooper...
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Butterflies
Butterflies Jennifer Pickup, 16.09.2024 Another warm September day – I watch the mourners make their way Into the building of goodbyes, With...
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Taking Care 6 (ii)
I realised early on that I got better results from people if I didn't try to coerce them with activities. Like the thing with Greg. Instead of...
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Mr Pettigrew
Don't be too afraid to ask. Don't be ashamed to answer truthfully...
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Noir-sery Rhyme
Like most things it'll have been done before. Best imagined as being read by Tom Waits. image made at canva.com
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Sir Kier Starmer Superhero – Sir Kier and the energy crisis
“What are we going to, the elderly are freezing to death.” “Energy bills have gone through the roof, old people can no longer afford to heat their...
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Where Are We Now? Ted Kaczynski and Technological Society
Ted Kaczynski, otherwise known as the 'Unabomber', died in June 2023 - twenty-five years into his eight life sentences in prison for his crimes...
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Drowning Not Waving (Dead Reckoning series - Part 26)
In which D.S. Stone takes the plunge, Josiah hangs on (unhelpfully) and Jeannie takes charge.
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 17
Martha moved quietly through the garden. She opened the sliding door into the first floor bedroom and waited a heartbeat before going to find...
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Before Maps Were Made
Before maps were made, no one strayed from straight lines from the cradle to their graves. But everyone knew the old ways. Winter rimed minds and the...
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Taking Care 6 (i)
It didn't take me long to settle down into the job and become a respected team member at the day centre. It was the same at Remus Lodge, too. I was...
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How much is still left
This is the end of the world, she thinks. This is the worst thing that could happen to me. I should never have started. I should instead have taken a...
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A Toe Dipped In the Stream of Self-Consciousness
Good luck with this one. Image made by me at Canva.com
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The Big End
There are phrases that have the capacity to chill the soul, to bring on a great and impenetrable darkness, words that can instantly snuff out stars...
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What is Autism? A brief guide...
This week, I and some peers began our second year of delivering 'autism' workshops to 4th-year medical students at the local university...
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