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The Summer of 1963
The weather was hot.
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In time’s embrace (Sonnet)
In time's embrace, both beauty and the blight, It holds no favor for the brave or meek; With equal hand, it dims the boldest light, And leaves the...
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Celtic.
We have a puppy called Celtic. She is boisterous, healthy, and happy, everything a puppy should be and more. Over the year that we have had her, we...
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The lady poet in the wildflower garden
In a wildflower garden, where colours clash and blend, she wanders, barefoot, flowers, each a voice, a verse that only she will understand. Sunlight...
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morning moment
Walking through the park The morning sunlight Captures a cloud of midges Blocking the path. Birdsong and chatter echoes through the trees, And...
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The Wee Ones - Chapter 6
The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 6 A Wee World Of Their Own Sammy was about six years old when he discovered a large hole in the school...
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The Wee Ones - Chapter 5
The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 5 First Christmas Once before the mists of time had cleared there was a tribe of little folk called The...
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The Wee Ones - Chapter 4
The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 4 The Rainbow Bridge Finn is one of the wee ones from the hidden hills, whose job it is to look after the...
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In the summer heat
It’s hotter in Bulgaria, it’s cooler at the Pole. It’s winter in Australia, so really, on the whole our climate’s not extreme. But yet in height of summer heat tempers get frayed and …
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There You Go
It's all going very well. Mind the eejits.
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My critical son
In the middle of the kitchen, he stands, arms crossed, a scientist in his own right, dissecting my words, turning them inside out, like a puzzle he’s...
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Haiku of the Weather App.
No dark clouds today Early August sky watching Hope springs eternal
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Four of Plenty
Cricket on Shanklin's shore bowling onto rippled sand while the water is out. Grandad surprises Dad with a slow leg spin. Dad’s eye for the ball must...
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The Wee Ones -Chapter 3
The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 3 The Fairy Tree The first of the new houses were being built around the Rainystown . The first few...
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The Wee Ones - Chapter 2
The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 2 Sights And Wonders The wee ones have always been present in their absence even though we might not see...
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The Wee Ones - Chapter 1
The Wee Ones A novel By Paul McCann Chapter 1 The Purpose Of Life At the very beginning of time the wee ones had been given special instructions to...
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A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (May Part 2)
Can the Brighouse Stars Save the World May Part 2 (of 2) St John addressed the lads. ‘What have you brought?’ he asked, opening a bottle of Timothy...
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A Year with the Brighouse Stars Walking Club (May Part 1)
May Can the Brighouse Stars Save the World? Part 1 (of 2) There were just three members of the club on the walk this particular day. To all three of...
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Boats
Yes, let them come. image CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 source Flicker.com
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HUH?
Just when I think I have heard it all, something else comes along and really surprises me. My friend went to the hospital on Saturday, for something...
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