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The Memory Lane Business
Had I not been so consumed by the need to work all my life I might have built a sentimental framework for myself. I was human, according to the Civil...
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the post office carnage
What some people can do in a situation to entertain themselves, can sometimes be so wrong!
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FUND.
Finaly, it seems I have found the perfect site to sell all my clothes, bags, and shoes! Meghan set me up on it last week, and very quickly I sold my...
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FRIENDS.
Had a lovely text this morning from a friend Holly, to say, “We are arranging a surprise birthday party for Masie.” I thought, how lovely, she SO...
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The Mandarin Cherries
January 2025 (the early part) and the things that I saw and did in my usual one hundred words per day sort of way.
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New Directions (27)
A call to Dev didn’t happen. A snotty AI voice pretending to be a female explained in staccato tones the number was unavailable – a lie and not a lie...
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The Book: Chapter 10
The forest closed in, shadows thickening as the rain blurred shapes ahead that seemed to move—and hide—and elude her. The shadows deepened as the...
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Paradise found
The chairman does not cry. He is too old, too mature, too experienced for it. But it is clear that he is affected. And he is not alone. The members...
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LUXURY.
Ten thousand steps are the recommendation, over the past week I have certainly done more than that a day. My car has been in the garage about two...
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1:5:10 Lores (Part 2)
Patience wasn’t a virtue that Lore had been used to exercising. The two days had passed faster than they expected but, no matter how engaging their...
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UNSEEN.
I remember when I was fourteen, and was reading the book Run Baby Run by Nicky Cruz. There was a word in the book I didn’t understand, it was SOB. I...
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Infinity Pool
This immaculate Sunday supplement couple, tanned and healthy as they lean over the edge of the infinity pool, barely trouble the water. Their...
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Mother and Child Reunion (Dead Reckoning series - Part 47)
Jeannie attempts to get control over her wilful daughter and the Detectives try to make sense of the situation.
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Parcel for You - Part 51
Maybe he’s just better off without me, she thought as she drove back towards home, knowing in her gut that Spencer would not be by the front door...
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Innovative Unknown Paths
Leaving the old ways of long-known wisdom: think new ways are more kind? … “I want it! now!” – is that the rule for what is cool and good for all in days to come.
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The Patrolman - 7 (2/2)
The streets were hot and sticky, pungent with marihuana.
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The Patrolman - 7 (1/2)
Madre Jalisco’s stood on the corner of Hollywood and Schrader at 6536.
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Return to Waterloo
Return to Waterloo These once children chiselled on a bench – holding hands. A July southern seafront. They are hostages to screeching pushchairs,...
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"Fragile"
The cardinal singing in the evergreen tree gave her hope; good things would come to pass. It had been too long since she’d had hope. She hadn’t dared...
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