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You Never Know
Dear diary...Friday 21 st October 2022. I had no idea that when today started off, it would end so traumatically. We'd done the usual food shopping...
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Our Second Core Belief is Loyalty-Based Leadership
It was an hour into Friday's night shift when our bosses descended to the warehouse, asking if we wanted to be pirates again. We don't know what you...
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2. Belfast Simon community 1978 - I arrive at my work
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Going back, in my story by about five minutes, I paid the helpful and chatty cabbie and I rang the doorbell. I had expected that I would be met by an...
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A call to arms, or Respect
We are dying for love, mutual respect. An acceptance of our minor faults and differences. Sameness and hatred are cunning killers. You have to earn...
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Ugly Puggly 96
There was a glow from the kitchen. Molly had left the lights on. She was sitting with her back to me at the table playing Candy Crush. I wondered if...
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The Cost of Living
As Robert struggles to help his next door neighbour, assistance comes from an unlikely source.
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When You Wish You’d Brought Your Camera
No pics. I forgot my camera :(
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The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part Two of Two)
Part One at: https://www.abctales.com/story/marandina/spirit-jenny-jones-part-one-two The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part Two of Two) “Is that you, Jenny...
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Ugly Puggly 95
‘I’ll hink about it,’ I tried palming him off with an excuse, but he wasn’t for letting me off so easily. ‘What’s there to think about?’ he asked. ‘...
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"The Coffee House Spy" 6
The sun was just climbing in the sky as Brent brewed a strong pot of coffee. He poured the dark brew into two hefty mugs and had just replaced the...
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Monolithic (Ch 3)
It was 6:45 and Minx thought to leave early so she could hopefully get in the front row. She called a taxi, grabbed her purse and made her way to the...
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Dr Agnes
I dont know if any of you listen to Joe Duffy but I thought I'd mix it up and write a piece like a radio program. I hope you enjoy!
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL Part 10: Fire power
A short but significant one this time (image of Wild Boar courtesy Wiki commons)
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The Cincinnatus Kid
Well, it was the blond buffoon who mentioned him first. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Quinctius_Cincinnatus Image from wikipedia and in public domain.
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Ugly Puggly 94
A crunching sound, metal on metal. My foot almost to the floor on the brake, motoring down Mountblow Hill. At the end of the fence where the...
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THE SQUID SISTERS - Part 2
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Joining up my rainbow memory dots - 1978 I help the homeless in Belfast
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Fist I shall ask myself this - why do I bother sharing these memories of mine? What does where I was in 1978mhave to do with where I am now? I am...
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Prepare. Prepared. Preparing. .
Prepare. Prepared. Preparing. The government has announced recently that, our electric, will be switched off in a few months, to help the country and...
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The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part One of Two)
The Spirit of Jenny Jones (Part One of Two) Jenny Jones believed in things. She believed in fairies and legends; she had faith in magic. With a love...
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Bronte's Inferno XIX (Alligator Lizards On The Way To Malham)
A little more... Image author's own.
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