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in extremis
and always diving deeper, there came a morning when the light splintered on the diamond shapes of the day and knowing it was beautiful but using ever...
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They've Closed the Road
Have you heard, they’ve closed the road. Black ice reflections deep, like a mirror from the archives. We don’t want to see ourselves like that. There...
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL Part 12: Noises in the Woods
Everybody turned out to see them off on their venture into the woodlands and beyond to scare away animals. Jess and Alan carried the guns. The young...
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Bronte's Inferno XXIII (The Full Vincent)
Balsa wood? The man's obsessed. Image CC0 PD
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Runaway Mother chapter 7
Delighted Zach has seen sense and isn’t going to blow the remainder of our money looking for a woman who doesn’t want to be found, I suggest a family...
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On Ainley Top Looking Down
Please don't post anything controversial by way of comment, I shan't reply.
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On A Cold Night
A domestic scene
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The Sycamore Tree. Part Two.
Sometimes in life, there are huge mountains to climb, metaphorically speaking. Sometimes some things just seem completely impossible. Sometimes I...
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Interstate 5
"I don't want to see you again," she said. "That’s the whole point of a one-night stand with a total stranger. It would be like using a disposable...
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The Night Angels of the Cake Factory Cream Room
They have travelled far, these angels...
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL Part 11: Spreading Our Wings
The use of guns helped to reduce crop loss. No animals were actually killed. The flash of the discharge and its ear numbing explosion enough to...
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to a pear
on the top shelf of our Co Op's reduced to clear section alone an economy bag of pears knobbly green and slightly bruised as a Martian footballer's...
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Animals, Integrity and Pints
A bit of silly philosphy (Pic from Dreamtime royalty free stock )
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Old
This is a different kind of old. Not observed in the street scuttle scrambling on to a bus or shivering under a mountain of blankets in a wardened...
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Bronte's Inferno XXII (Enough Room For Hattie Jacques)
More of this? You say. Yep. Carry On, then. Image does not contain Hattie Jacques.
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Runaway Mother chapter 6
In anticipation of the school week beginning, I decide to set my clock for 6:30 the next morning. I’m sure that will give me enough time to get Ethan...
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Every Dog Has Its Day
World Jellyfish Day - November the 3rd.(Image from Wikipedia - Creative Commons license)
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Sore Thumb and No Cable
A humble lament.
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Centipede Olympics
‘There’s a man in the house, there’s a man in the house and he’s trying to kill me!’ Robert says to his mother one Wednesday night. ‘There’s no one...
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Runaway Mother chapter 5
Dear diary, Hi it’s me, Mary. I’m only introducing myself as I haven’t written in you for so long that I am afraid you have forgotten about me! So...
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