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S T Vasectomy Clinic - 19

By Jane Hyphen on Fri, 15 Jul 2022

It was slightly off-putting to hear Cece pacing around on the landing, going between her bedroom and the baby’s room. He tried to ignore her but for...

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St Audrey's Bay Waterfall

By marandina on Fri, 15 Jul 2022

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/st-audreys-bay-waterfall-mp3 St Audrey’s Bay Waterfall Blue skies harbour cumulous clouds,...

Nature

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The Age of Discovery

By Rhiannonw on Fri, 15 Jul 2022

From new-born breath ’til still of death: Hearing sounds and conversation, gazing round in exploration … mouth contortions … life-long, look and think …

Philosophy

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The Picture Ranch 64

By Ewan on Fri, 15 Jul 2022

Okay... maybe some resolution around the corner... who knows? (Clue,not me!) Image by me created at canva.com

Crime

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Ugly Puggly 60

By celticman on Thu, 14 Jul 2022

If I worked backwards with the broken stones of my mind, I find they must have come in two cars. Five men in Jeff’s ‘Disco’ Discovery Land Rover...

Drama

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Paddy

By monodemo on Thu, 14 Jul 2022

Paddy was a man who didn’t know the meaning of speaking quietly. Every evening, he would burst into the sitting room giving my grandmother the fright...

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The Picture Ranch 63

By Ewan on Thu, 14 Jul 2022

And now for more of this, or not, as the case may be. Image Licence CCA-SA 4.0 International / Image creator Mselig111 / Image Source Wiki Commons

Ugly Puggly 59

By celticman on Wed, 13 Jul 2022

Seagulls squawked and fought aerial duels with each other outside before it got too dark to pick up a bin snack. I was getting ready to go out to a...

Drama

Certificate 12

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Pad Life 18: Them's The Breaks

By airyfairy on Wed, 13 Jul 2022

Little Cat and I are back, having totally failed in our mission. Picture copyright free from Pixabay.

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(This Life) Part 9: Forever Pure

By bhi on Wed, 13 Jul 2022

love pays no attention to boundaries.

Certificate 15

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Smokescreen Chapter 8

By Ewan on Wed, 13 Jul 2022

This is the last chapter I'm posting here. Smokescreen is available at Amazon.co.uk link at foot of this chapter. I did the book cover.

Crime

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Crack-Crack-Boom

By Richard L. Provencher on Wed, 13 Jul 2022

A bull’s eye of noise creates several large flashes from its lazer-beam lightning bolt partner to a colony of them just outside of Green Bay NB wild...

Nature

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St Agnes Head, 10.7.22

By Angusfolklore on Tue, 12 Jul 2022

Surrealists are trying to lead astray this evening. One of them has placed a pine bedstead complete with mattress on the headland among the heather,...

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Ugly Puggly 58

By celticman on Tue, 12 Jul 2022

Our fellowship gave me a medal for being sober for a month. It was a wee plastic disc. I kept it in my side-pocket beside the van keys. I rubbed it...

Drama