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Suffocating Falseness
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Like a fish out of water that’s gasping for breath so many thirst, hunger – they’re desperate for truth. Yet...
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Merry Christmas, Mom - Part XII
You were my mother until I was forty-one. I was fortunate and lucky to be your son. December has arrived and Christmas is near. Life would be better...
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Strictly S and M
It's a popular show about dancing. The best are all preening and prancing. But there's always a boil that needs lancing. And a surfeit of sideways...
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Making Merry at Ned's
“You’re a little early,” said Ned. “I don’t start serving till eight.” Santa scratched at his beard and took a seat at the bar. “It's not booze I’m...
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Bus Pass [and BPL] Go to Smuggler's Top [Deck]
BPL had a whole raft of reasons as to why she’d like to wring the former FM’s neck*. Wrecking Scotland, in BPL’s opinion, remained top of the list,...
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The fickleness of new daylight
Honestly, I am not even fully awake when I discover a red-haired woman with a fire-breathing dragon tattooed on her neck sitting on my toilet. Okay,...
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1:5:6 Agreements (Part 6)
Timm’Ottay hadn’t looked at them since they arrived, his gaze respectfully but at times, awkwardly averted; the other Quatarrian returned to their...
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Another Way To Kill It.
My son Daniel loves the song, "You'll Never Walk Alone," He had told me, "I play it everyday." And to be fair, it is a fantastic Anthem! Another song...
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How it Ends?
Travelling through life I currently find myself on a journey through psychotherapy. Recurrent episodes of depression and work related burnout have...
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Well I’ll the Son of a Dude
Well in reality I’m a daughter and, Mother was a bitch. Not all the time, just when it required persuasion to get something done. I never saw much of...
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I Fought the Law (Dead Reckoning series - Part 37)
In which the Detectives move their investigation on, despite D.S. Stone's objections, and Josiah and Archibald gain legal representation, of sorts!
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Don't Jinx It
Am wondering if Green Man is bringing good luck to my door. A weird thought. Can Green Man charm good luck? Have I just jinxed it? [knocks on wood]...
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Assisted Suicide.
I don't listen to the news, nor do I watch the news, but like everyone else this week, no one could escape the topic of the week, assisted suicide. I...
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Of Data, 'Memes,' and Dreams
As per usual, I've been giving a lot of thought to technology and the sciences, though I haven't been writing much for a period. But critical to...
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What it’s like to be dyslexic from personal experience
Academics and experts write reams about my condition but I believe I can offer a unique perspective as adult dyslexic adult myself, self advocacy is...
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Chhota – A cattle herd boy
Chhota – A cattle herd boy Decades back in my village, native the caste system was active. There existed a caste milkman, they are classed. Deal they...
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Imprints
After the slightly harrowing, ‘Thursbitch’, have been reading Marc Chagall’s autobiography, ‘My Life’. Written over a century ago, yet I feel an...
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Adam Hopkins September 1939 - November 2024
Sometimes, panic stops my breath. You’ve always been anxious, my wife says. To comfort me? Or is there a note of impatience? Anxious? Not me. Because...
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How to avoid the seemingly anavoidable
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In a world spun tight with worries, where shadows hint "impossible," we search for ways to slip through the cracks, to dance around the edges of fate...
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