Cherrypicked stories
Scotland
Open expanses that stretch out, Reaching across time, Any sense of now, about To diminish, Perceptions are mine. Deception brings frustration...
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Wind and squelch and far views
4/1/23 Blasting wind on the Shropshire hills squelching down beside the narrow wooded Lydehole Dingle looking northwards over Cove Dale to Wenlock...
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When Lily Was Here
A young boy digging in a graveyard. The nineteenth century is about to dawn.
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Mexico 1970
There were rumours of decimalisation. A new decade in modernism at Manor House Junior school. It was the summer of 1970, of Esso World Cup coins...
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Golden Hair
Some people like to think they have golden hair. But those people got nothing on me. And honestly, I have no idea how it came about, why an ordinary...
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Resolution
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/resolution-mp3 (re-recorded inadvertently with a clock ticking in the background. Decided to...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 11
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The sun is proudly sitting in a clear blue spring sky. All the clouds are burnt away and nothing is getting in the way of the warmth bringing joy to...
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Monster Mine
Monster am I, worse than any who are red in tooth and claw. Unworried by bell, book or candle, I will not be banished, exorcised or worried into...
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Walking In January
Memories accumulate, Meandering down Squelchy muddy trails Where naked branches Rise and fall, They speak freely To me of the past Through realms Of...
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Border Crossing
These night-time walks/have a certain aura, a certain smell/invite certain metaphors
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He's Left These Woods
He’s left these woods, Mr Pip slipped quietly through a gap. A quick look back then gone between the trees. Fifteen years ago I held him on my lap as...
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The Ecumenical Atheist
No layers of meaning here. Image made with PD elements by Author at canva.com.
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 10
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No one has given me a hard time for weeks. School feels totally different to me now. A few weeks ago I would worry about being picked on by Kim and...
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IQRA (Read, Educate Yourself)
Photograph is by Twitter/@ZohalAzra No known copyright issues. IQRA is allegedly the first word revealed to Mohammad by God. It has the same arabic root letters as Qu'ran, the book.
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 8
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I am not sure when it started, or how. They are all laughing. Piercing my brain with their high pitch screeching and screaming. Out of the corner of...
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The ant and the grasshopper - an updated fable
One summer’s day, a grasshopper was working in the field, gathering food for the winter. When he had filled a barrow full, he was called over by the...
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New Year encounter
A young man once asked Buddha to explain the essence of the Teaching. “If you cling, you are bound. If you do not cling, you are free,” Buddha...
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MIND YOUR Ps AND Qs
Let me bring up something That is certain to confuse We've all heard the expression We must mind our Ps and Qs It means to watch your manners But...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 9
The day has left me shaking. I can’t tell if I am happy or sad. Something has changed. Barely even answering mum as she asks me how my day was, I...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 7
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“His latest obsession.” That’s what my mum calls it. Always with that slight rolling of the eyes that hurts my heart. Mum says that I have to...
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