Cherrypicked stories
Rather than trying to behave and not feel our rage or rather than using it to burn down every living thing in a hundred mile radius it is better to first ask rage to take a seat with us.
My dad has a teatowel that says Keep Calm and Have a Cup of Tea but he doesn't. He frets, and maybe that's the reason I enjoyed Trainspotting so much...
Pins (3)
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Pins (2)
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Pins (1)
expanded an older story :) Image: Wikimedia commons https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pin-N_III_3150-IMG_8986.JPG
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The Edge of The Earth
I woke up shaking, clammy, and cold with sweat; under me, the mattress was soaked. The sheet was twisted like a hangman’s noose. I couldn’t move for...
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Kookaburras, Kingfisher (05)
lost poem -found it now in America. Reminded - onemorething's kingfisher poem - this is circa 05, from the haiiii-ku collection. Form is deliberately wrong. Kookaburra Kingfisher/Laughing Jackass.
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The Case Of The Disappearing Sock
After reading Airyfairy's hilarious last "Pad Life: Summer's Here!" I dug this old piece from my archive.
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Pad Life: Summer's Here!
It's toes weather... Picture: Pixabay Creative Commons
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Black Catters
Some gifts are far more precious than others. We only have to recognise them when they are offered.
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Breakout!
Tired of lockdown, hundreds flock down … others bitter… lock-up … divisions … locked in
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Anxious Moments
Peeking from a snarl of willows the stream is a gurgle of movement – barely - in this hot spell. It leans from boulder to boulder across scratchy...
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la biblioteca d'angolo
At the age of nine, my world revolved around books. I had not yet gotten into hard science fiction or whimsical fantasy; I liked Westerns, I liked...
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june 25th, woods after a hot day
in late afternoon, far from carrion concrete flies score warm silence. Butterflies duet in tawny triangles, fine-lines to planes over hushed, close...
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Lethargy
Explanations might be multitudinous.
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I Can Never Say Sorry…
I can never say sorry to Jeff because if I did I’d have to explain and he’d never believe me; even worse, he might think I’ve gone mad. So I keep...
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Tormentors' Just Desserts
Tormentors’ Just Desserts They picked on those different and they made them cry They made them feel like they wanted to die But one guy who was...
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