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"For, being green, there is great hope" (quote from Shakespeare's HENRY VI PART 2, ACT 3 SCENE 1)

Some people are angry that Just Stop Oil threw coloured cornflour at Stonehenge. Because the structure is old? A symbol of how humans have survived...
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Alfred Muggins’ Easter Dream

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10/4/24 Bob Dylan comes on singing a hymn with keyboards and guitars, a message of peace for all sides and all hearts. Truth is spoken, and felt! The...

1:5:3 Alterations (Part 1)

Breathe. The immediate panic the quake had caused had been short lived but was soon replaced with curiosity and questioning. Sharr’Renn picked...
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A Night To Remember (Dead Reckoning series - Part 14)

In which Samantha frets about Josiah's dinner engagement, Josiah endures an awkward drive into the Cheshire countryside and things don't end quite as expected.
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shaft of sunlight

Watch that shaft of sunlight through the smoke and dust, a bright patch slowly crawling on the wall to tell the time. ~ Waking slowly. This was...
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Escape Stupidity

Escape Stupidity: a bit like escape velocity, it's the minimum point of idiocy reached to need to leave the planet... Image author's own: collage made from images at canva.com
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Midsummer Meadow

I feel heartsore for Stonehenge, and find that behaviour frightening; targeting a new bride, an ancient monument with rare lichens. Who even thinks...

They All Heard The Call

They All Heard The Call By Paul McCann Mrs Murphy lived alone in her own wee house in a safe community on pension that gave her enough to get by .At...
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The Inroads Around The Walls Of Diversity in Nursing

The Inroads Around The Walls Of Diversity in Nursing By Paul McCann Within the walls of diversity inroads can be used to build trust between...

Solstice Haiku

The Summer Solstice Sky-blue, leaves-green, longest day, Positive sun vibes then?

That old, misleading sound

Debunking an established trope.

The Year of the Elections by Alfred N.Muggins

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15/6/24 There was to be an election coming up – a General Election! As far as Alfred could make out it might have been an attempt by young smart...
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Standing Stones, Sitting Sheep

It was a periwinkle day. Rolling green hills of the ‘sheep may safely graze’ variety. Teal shadows beneath the trees, under a Botticelli sky. Have...

The Fathomless Mind .

The Fathomless Mind . By Paul McCann Mental health programs in Australia are struggling to find answers for those who are living in torment with...
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Malta Part 2.

Malta Part 2 Have been here at wonderful Malta over a week now, a lot has happened in the time, all good. For those that came to my wedding, in...
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Heavy. Ip

Man and woman stand arms reaching upward Through water flowing from the cliffs above as it cleanses the dust from their newly molded bodies. They...
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Now Is The Summer Of Our Discontent

A bit of a rant. The odd bit of totally unnecessary foul language. The views expressed are strictly the author's own.
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Knocking Around On Halloween Night

Knocking Around On Halloween Night By Paul McCann It was Halloween night and a few of the local children put on false faces and went around the...

A Days Work For Bamber

A Days Work For Bamber By Paul McCann On a lovely August morning in Ardoyne , some of the local lads were putting the final touches to their guiders...
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Why Should Anyone Consider Nursing As A Career

Why Should Anyone Consider Nursing As A Career By Paul McCann The Australian Government who fund health care as well as those who run private Aged...

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