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Liberation
Oh, the liberation of driving in a car! The quick journey time, spontaneously stopping wherever, on a whim. I love it. What I don’t love, when taking...
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Underbelly
You ask me to wait, so I wait
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Cool Waters, Coiled Shapes
Earthen tubs like the one in the picture were once common fixtures in most houses. Three feet high and with an equally wide brim, they had a dragon...
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Hip Op The Second
Dear diary,,, it's Thursday November 7th 2024. Can't believe it's been a week since I had my second hip operation on Wedneday 30th October 2024...
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Parcel for You..Part 40
Vanessa woke up to Spencer poking her repeatedly in the shoulder. ‘Wake up, it’s your birthday!’ She didn’t normally outsleep her husband’s shutdown...
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A hundred moments in autism - What about the Infadels?
I am at a writers group. One of the people at the group is a DJ on local radio and is preparing a show for later in the week. “Can anyone think of a...
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The Traveller - Chapter 5
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 Another Picture Of Life Living on a mountain top was much different than anywhere else . The picture...
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The Traveller - Chapter 4
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 Cry Of The Workers He was collecting some of the natural wild herbs that grew on the edge of the...
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The Traveller - Chapter 3
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 A Visit To Eden Many people around the world had always thought that Adam and Eve were the first...
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Pond Life
Pond Life “You Ok Francoise?” Asked Claude. “Yer, just watching the newts, pissed as always.” Replied Francoise. “Jesus it’s only ten in the morning...
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East Coast Scotland (Reflection)
I have spoken with others about the effect of this sea upon us. The North Sea, I mean. Some have given it other names more suited to the surly waves...
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In Suspension
This week I gradually came to understand that I had become unwell. It's odd because it has coincided with the weather: the meteorological kind and...
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The Lantern of the North
Sunday was rosy-cheeked glorious. Just a wee nip in the air if you stepped out of the sun. Perfect day to re-visit the ‘Lantern of the North’. Many...
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The Traveller - Chapter 2
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Unseen Hands At Work He had been using his gift of teleporting and was confident about his ability to...
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The Traveller - Chapter 1
The Traveller A Novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 Not Alone He was an only child and as he grew up he never made friends , He went away on summer...
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The Traveller - Authors Foreword
The Traveller A Novel By By Paul McCann Authors Foreword He was born gifted and as he grew he knew he was different . At a young age he had a...
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An Old Farmer Remembers
I remember ploughing that field. And once fixing the tractor as I kneeled. Feeling raw skin as it peeled. The sun and stick, a nasty wield. Lots to...
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A Useful Day
Tuesday, which was supposed to be sunny and bright, trickled in, a smir of cold, wet mist and haar. How very grey-white and useful of it. A good...
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Money On The Plate
Money On The Plate By Paul McCann Daddy was a family man who worked hard 5 days a week . There were five of us kids who he took for long walks up the...
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Renaissance.
So it must have been after the birth of the Ku Klux Klan In the first, bright light, the spellbound hugged themselves In their fields of late-cropped...
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