Cherrypicked stories
The Community Water Officer (part 2 of 2)
[This is part 2 of this story, read part 1 here ] * 'Very sorry to disturb you, sir.' The man on the doorstep lifted an ID card, on a lanyard around...
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The Community Water Officer (part 1 of 2)
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Ghost Village
A man returns to the scene of a childhood tragedy
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Shades of Grey
NB:this piece of memoir contains references to loss, incluiding baby loss. Shades of Grey I’m sitting in my neighbour’s flat. She lives on the floor...
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Runaway Mother chapter 20
Does the tension rise between Mary and Zach?
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Runaway Mother chapter 19
Does Connie come up trumps?
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Fifteen.
At fifteen I knew what I liked and didn’t like. I knew what foods I liked and what foods I didn’t like. I knew what pop stars I like and didn’t like...
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Remembering John Fitzgerald Kennedy- 60 years later
Remembering John F. Kennedy The Fall of Camelot It was a time of chivalry, of knights and ladies, performing like actors in an ethereal Brigadoon,...
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Runaway Mother chapter 18
Is their cover blown?
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Pengwndwn*
From about age 7 to 14 we had a family holiday many Augusts, a fortnight in a little cottage (called Pengwndwn*) up a little overgrown lane from its...
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Runaway Mother chapter 17
Can Mary finally catch a break? It's date night! I wonder how it goes....
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At Winter's Darkest Hour
Elemental deeds in Winter, see how luscious green slips away; behold! Sun sinking low, intense gleam weakened. Blown are the desires of summer, do...
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The Woman on the Other Side of the Screen
I wish I didn't have occasion to write this. It is a companion piece to "The Man on the Other End of the Phone" Image is a screenshot
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Teenage Twitterati
Homing instinct honed, they alight flapping, cawing, at midnight. Smoking on the wing, their sequined plumage drenched in vodka, bypassing my over-...
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No, Ho, Ho!
In which Archibald asks for a favour and Josiah feels no goodwill to the season.
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Runaway Mother chapter 16
Are things all getting too much for Mary?
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Variations on a Poem Read at My Mother's Funeral
I missed my boat. I arrived too late. I sat on the quayside with an overnight bag.
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Strand Line
Strand line: another name for the high tide line on the beach. Photo's mine - from when I was working in Greece.
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Memories from Falls Past
Audio version at: https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/memories-from-falls-past-mp3 Memories from Falls Past Mist falling in dank layers, enveloping...
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