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Old Endings

I don’t know why I keep looking at the photographs. Every time, I put them away, up in the dust of the attic; and it’s stupid, because then I just...
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A Better Part of Life

I can see love in the outline of a farm where people once lived- a small pond barely seen through a copse and knolls crowding an old barn. I see open...
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The City of My Dreams

I only go there when things get really tough. I know, I get , that it’s a delicate balance, and I know that the City is only sort-of there, and only...
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Hollow

I see death all around me It’s raven wings extend so beautifully. Turning towards sacred grounds, Searching ‘til there’s no one ‘round. Looking...

Roolz is Roolz

Well, they is. Image from pxhere.com free for non-commercial use CC0 PD
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Ynys Wydryn (Glastonbury Tor)

Audio version at https://soundcloud.com/user-62051685/tor-mp3 Ynys Wydryn (Glastonbury Tor) Blue skies shimmer, winter light, offerings hang from...
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 20

Chapter 20 It was lovely to have time at Kattie’s house to get to know her better. Consideringshe is expecting her 9 th child within the next few...

Murphy's law- in spades !

Murphy’s Law, in Spades A few years back, I was reading an online post from a friend, whose lakefront cottage, south of Buffalo, had been flooded and...
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The Ghost House ( Chapter 2)

Christmas passed with a succession of relations visiting our house bearing gifts like the Three Wise Men in the Bible, only we got Broons books, the...
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The Adventure Of Miniator -- Chapter 23 -- In Full Pursuit

23) In Full Pursuit Miniator ran into the forest. He was panting and a little cut, bruised, and shaken. But he was free! His adrenalin was pumping...
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THE FIRST ANGEL 2

Keeping this bit short. There is some background here and I don't want to get bogged down with too much "tell"
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Priyatelka, Turlough and the House of Cats

She was sleeping in a gas station, south from here on route E85. I asked the pump attendant, ‘You think that little feline’s still alive?’ He said ‘...
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Charity Shop Girls

None of us born in this seaside town Laura and Moyra who work here Claire the manager who works when she's well Ann and I who rummage. We talk -...
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Peter Davison's 40th Anniversary As The Doctor

I began watching the classic Doctor Who TV show in early 1984. I was only twelve years old at the time. The first episodes that I watched were Tom...

Wind and Time's Delight

The woods outside the backroom shiver their way across lawn's edge leaves lapping at the space not hindering movement over years of growth. The old...
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Monolithic (Ch 1)

Two ladies, 80's metal, teased up hair, stolen equipment, what could go wrong? A time traveling tale taking place in the most electric era of all time.
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"Willow's Tail" 23

Martha stepped into the bedroom as the memories rose up like lit paper causing a brush fire of emotions she didn’t want to feel. That long ago summer...
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(This Life) Part 3: The Butcher’s Wi(n)dow

The local butcher's shop was gutted by fire and rebuilt. We passed by early morning once the scaffolding and boards had been taken down.
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Three Women at the Estuary

The first one flew away before we had time to say barely hello. The geese honked derision at the fumbled fond words I hoped to snare her with . The...
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