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It Rains
Well it does rain, quite a lot. I did the image.
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Runaway Mother chapter 14
Will their financial situation cripple them and put them onto the streets, or is there a clue in the mail they received?
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Therapy
Love yourself, If you want to get rid of depression. Except for your negative thinking side Which should be eviscerated promptly Along with all your...
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Life is for the Go Getters
Life is for the go getters. Pause and watch, open-mouthed as they gulp the here and now. Observe through a long lens, how they stuff themselves, like...
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Primary Children at the Heritage Centre
Their footsteps recede and Queen Elizabeth the first relaxes again in her fussy portrait ruffs. Miners in sepia prints blown up to twenty feet on the...
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"Forever Autumn"
With apologies to Justin Hayward, but it did spoil the moment.
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Runaway Mother chapter 13
Is Mary still coping?
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL Part 13: Discovery
The search party found the three lost lads mid-morning the following day, but nobody returned to our community until late. In truth it was the lads...
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at bay
you've gone to the moon we know only as light, a white finger from Heaven whose pulse pulls Earth's sheathing waves noise clings to us, we cannot out...
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One Night at Kedasi (1)
Previous Chapter 1. Drinking in Cheap Bars Zip sat in a corner booth nursing the dregs of a mediocre glass of whisky. It would be the last for a...
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Remember Georgia Smith
Georgia Smith from Middlesboro, Kentucky would be a hundred and one years old today and she would still be obscure even though she was responsible...
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Runaway Mother chapter 12
I wonder what the boys got up to while Mary was at work? Will she ever find her mother?
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It's Heating Up
Here is the street approaching twelve. High noon. The sun, encroaching upon the centre of the spring-slanted sky, casts a scathing glare. Its fierce...
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The Pregnant Waitress (part 2 of 2)
[This is part 2 of this story, read part 1 here ] * 'It's not going to work now,' said Marnie. 'I'm so sorry. We can't bring Sonya over here.' Marnie...
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The Pregnant Waitress (part 1 of 2)
Marnie sat on her bed, scrolling, liking, waiting for the phone timer to chime, when the message pinged in, and tipped her into a dark hysterical...
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In the Beginning
Once upon a time there was a story, And the story made us feel And the feeling made us connect And the connection was recognised by those who wanted...
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Looking at my youth
Looking At My Youth Eyes closed my mind flying, to days before and days after Remembering snow falling in April And still worse “pea soupers” on the...
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Runaway Mother chapter 11
Does Mary find a clue that could lead her to her mother? Do her and Zach make up? You'll have to read to find out!
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Witch's Mist
Morning walk. Image author's own
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Daffodils
There I am again, running through the field picking daffodils. I never change. Well, no, this part of me changes. This part of me has those sixty-odd...
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