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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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Eagle-Talk
I am a whisper in the breeze a shadow of speed an updraft of glory-wind snatched me from a highway of mountain cliff now diving at missile speed I...
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Chemo 14
Although I frequently say I am lucky and have been able to cope most of the time with my chemo side effects, I don’t think I have told you about the...
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All Those Years Ago
We sang the song of days gone by We didn't even have to try Our voices pure and clear and high All those years ago. When rockets flew up to the moon...
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Ballad of an Organ Donor
I am, are you? Anyway, this is just silly, but think about carrying the card. Image used under fair use from NHS website.
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1 My Brother Jack
1 My Brother Jack -spring 1939 -My brother Jack woke me up. I lay half-asleep, watching him kick my bed. He kept kicking until I responded with, "...
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Of War and Peace
Si vis pacem, para bellum.
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The Fifth Horseman (2)
Realisation dawned on the other three Horsemen. The world was going to end, and it wouldn't be through Pestilence, War or Famine. "You mean it doesn'...
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Runaway mother chapter 3 part 2
‘Ok, so were looking for gold and money, ok?’ ‘Where are we looking?’ he asks. ‘That’s a very good question!’ ‘Why not start in her bedroom!’ Zach...
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Runaway Mother chapter 3 part 1
As I arrive at the school, five minutes early no less, I stare into space and can’t help but wonder if this is going to be my life from now on. The...
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The Second Husband (part 2 of 2)
[This is part 2 of this story: read part 1 here ] It was, of course, Tom's presence that had contributed to the cramped situation, but it wasn't the...
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The Second Husband (part 1 of 2)
Given our cramped living circumstances, it was something of a surprise to return from afternoon teaching to find an unfamiliar man sat on the sofa...
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A Tale from Dark Woods
A story for Halloween A Tale from Dark Woods It was on the darkest of nights in October that we got together. We had been gathering like this for...
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