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The contest of life
The demand for a place in Scoil Realt na Mara, the school I once went to, has grown exponentially. Since the completion of the new housing estate...
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Baa Baa Green Sheep
In the lounge at Piddledon Farm, one of several tablets that had been bought for £49.99 was standing against a biscuit barrel, an affordable form of...
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Lovers
We live beneath a citrine sky, Until it washes purple, Then aqua, Until a deep black canvas studs itself with jewels, Until a sunrise detonates, And...
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The Bank
THE BANK It is a single-story, solid little building that sits on the Northwest corner of Seneca Street and Seneca Parkside, on the South side of...
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The City of Ink - an ode to Lyon
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Baked summer heat in the city of ink; escooters, dreadlock'd deliveroos weave through the narrow alleys trap the heat while the mercury hits 100F...
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1:1:10 Silus (Part 2)
The lift doors parted and the sound washed in. It was like their trip to medical but a thousand times worse. While there had been a lot of different...
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Memorial
Lay by the fireplace and enjoy a homely warmth thinking about the family & what they’re doing. I get up to answer a knock at the door. It’s my...
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1:1:10 Silus (Part 1)
Limping. Char too had now sustained a minor injury to her lower back although she was certainly playing up its affects. She smiled as she finally...
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Ugly Puggly 68
We drove back along the way we came. The nearest petrol station was just off Crow Road. The engine chugged and wheezed before it cut out. I flicked...
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The music Box
she would sit for hours and hours hearing her music box play and close her eyes and imagine she was a ballerina dancing across the stage with a piano...
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Organic farming and lice
From Buffaloe's Town to Katkart had a late start looking for a place to sleep over. Some locals referred me to this “backpacker's” place not...
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Thunder in paradise (part 5)
Carol carried the wood over to the beat-up boat, but where’s Pablo? She calls his name and see’s him emerge from the other side of the boathouse. ‘...
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Thunder in paradise (part 4)
Carol woke from a restless sleep and looked at the mesmerising view from the bed. The sun was rising, its rays dancing on the ripples of the clear...
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Bed and Board by The Silk Road
inspired from a memory recalled after reading Ewan's poem about sound. Can't find a suitable pic. I don't have my old photos here at the moment.
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sound escape
Earth's first touch for reaching sun, iron age hill fort looks out over ground held in molten blue, above all sound, save wind's unseen tongue...
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The First Anniversary Of Wade's Death
When a man took drugs, it wasn't intelligent or nifty. Drugs killed him one year ago today at the age of 50. He was born in 1971 and perished after...
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Ugly Puggly 67
Molly had a hand draped over my shoulder as we sat in the back of the Bongo. Her musty perfume stirred me up. She dressed like we were going for a...
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Observed position of the Sun
Light from the sun and moon and out of empty space is refracted when entering the earth's atmosphere and a light beam's direction deviated i.e...
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The Roulette Wheel of Health
I was interested to read that after decades of prescriptions for anti-depressant drugs, one study has now claimed this approach to be largely...
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