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Edo

By valiswaverider on Thu, 13 Jul 2023

It is steep but that was to be expected but the view is worth the climb. My boots are heavy and every couple of minutes I come to a halt supported by...

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Passau, Germany

By jxmartin on Thu, 13 Jul 2023

Sat. June 24, 2023- Passau, Germany We were up by 6 A.M. It was 64 degrees (F) and cool out. We breakfasted, in the first floor dining room, and...

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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 13

By Sooz006 on Thu, 13 Jul 2023

Nash’s third interview with Max had just started, this time with his solicitor, Jane Pearson, present. The second interview the night before was...

Crime

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Getting Through Manila In The Rain

By mcscraic on Thu, 13 Jul 2023

Getting Through Manila In The Rain By Paul McCann It’s a rainy day in Manila and the streets are flooded again . Riders on motor bikes are in...

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Cleanser of Demons

By Jane Hyphen on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Edward remembered his induction clearly. Together with Judy, his colleague, they had spent three days at a conference centre watching Brian, their...

Regensburg, Germany

By jxmartin on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Friday, June 23, 2023- Regensburg, Germany We were up by 6 A.M. It was cloudy out, with a light mist of rain. Breakfast found us joining Madeline and...

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Silas Nash Book 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 12

By Sooz006 on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

‘See, Max? Everything we have is circumstantial. So, he was your old tutor. So what? That doesn’t mean you took tines to the man and stabbed him into...

Crime

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Castell Coch (Red Castle)

By marandina on Wed, 12 Jul 2023

Castell Coch (Red Castle) The sun shifted on its summer throne as our guide gathered us like sheep, onwards through park, path and trails, pink-...

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Healing (for an old mate)

By smokejack on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

The ghostly feeling When something goes wrong That used to be right A spirit full of might Speaks to you in whispers Sometimes in sleep As it seeps...

Philosophy

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Nurnberg, Germany

By jxmartin on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

Thurs. June 22, 2023- Nurnberg, Germany We were up early, perhaps thinking of all that we had to do today. A light breakfast, on the open air aqua...

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Silas Nash books 1: Hush Hush Honeysuckle: Chapter 11 (b)

By Sooz006 on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

‘First thing’ turned out to be after ten o’clock. Gathering information, they said. He hadn’t slept. Somebody was singing Billy Bragg’s New England...

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Every Picture Tells A Story

By skinner_jennifer on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

Dear diary...Photo I took on a woodland walk, of an old uprooted tree. Just had to capture my thoughts in a poem. Been taken in by expressionless...

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The Wind Has No Name

By Ewan on Tue, 11 Jul 2023

It's about what it says. Image Ok acc. to tin-eye, still researching it.

Nature

Burned bannock

By moor land on Mon, 10 Jul 2023

One late-summer evening through the first nips of autumn, a straggle of women, men and children wove a way up a hill, holding skirts and setting feet...

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