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Shores ever changing, new, fresh
… every visit seems quite new, heart, mind, senses refreshed.
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New Directions (20)
When I arrived home Karen’s car was in the drive. I squeezed mine in behind it. The dashboard clock said 17:17. The driver door opened and Karen...
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Does Not Play Well with Others
The Vinery is a community hub, based in the refurbished Victorian vinery (slanted glasshouse) previously part of the Duff House walled garden. The...
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Perceptions
ILLUSIONS AND PERSUASIONS Sometimes, in Government and Politics, logic and the compelling cogency of righteousness, are not enough to win an argument...
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Another Shore
Turn down the empty glass can have two meanings; one being at sea the turning of the hour glass to mark each watch hour; the other is to turn down one's glass, to show that the drinking has now ended.
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Favourites
Aries Man (AM): What’s your favourite sandwich? Cancerian Woman (ME): It depends. AM: What do you mean it depends? It can’t depend. There’s one...
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Ardoyne Runaways
Ardoyne Runaways By Paul McCann At the onset of riots on the streets there were lots of great people who could maintain a sense of togetherness and...
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Complex Dream
Asleep behind tired eyes, fringed only in absence of familiar influences that scatter upon dreams. Along swallowed road, journey layered with actions...
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"Who Could be Selling Fish at this Hour?"
When feeling a bit blue or discombobulated, I usually find that a double bill of Bob Hope movies helps to bring back some perspective. Especially...
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Sean Happens 10
Tiredness and fag smoke glazed Sean’s eyes. He was falling asleep leaning against the work surface, but he wouldn’t give into it or go to bed. His...
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Undercover Agent 6
I had one failure in my career as an undercover parrot. Josh Hemmingway. Josh was a known villain, his gang of pulled off a number of robberies and...
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"Sounds Like They're Saying Words"
It is several years since I last drove the road to Aberdeen at 4.30am. Since then, many farmers appear to have cashed in on the great wind turbine...
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Undercover Agent 5
The next morning Denton removed my sheet to feed me seed cake. I could see in his face that very moment when he realized I’d been there. That I had...
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Undercover Agent 4
It took several months, but eventually the information I’d extracted led to Standfast’s arrest and the wrapping up of many of his ongoing scams. I...
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Ha! Ha! Said The Clown (Dead Reckoning series - Part 7)
In which Archibald is miffed and Josiah is given something to think about!
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New Directions (19)
A black phone on a cluttered desk started to ring in a friendly warbling tone. I reached out to pick up the handset and woke up relieved I wasn't...
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When we Felt Sorry for Them
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The best painting ever
Those last words. The man should not have uttered those. If he had just kept quiet. And if this wouldn’t have been possible. Just a greeting. A...
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Advice to future generations
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Ratface
It had turned out to be a beautiful sunny afternoon, a bit windy but the wind was warmer, coming from the South now, blowing a constant stream of...
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