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"...Sometimes...You Get What You Need"*

Movement births ideas. Heels down, breathing in and breathing out; ‘Get up earlier, walk first’. Sparked a notion, for a woodland walk. Wrack wood,...
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The Grandmothers Wish

The Grandmothers Wish by Paul McCann The taxi came and she stood in the path as they carried their suitcases to fly away . She looked at them all and...

On top of the world again!

(Hergest Ridge, west of Kington, Offa’s Dyke Path, 23/5/24) Cold and overcast, but clear – blustery, blasting … northward humps and dips of mid-Wales – a bit of light catches the new bright-greening fern fronds emerging,…
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The Experiment

Trying something new - Image from Pixabay
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Wild

Rainy Sunday, the chilly haar crept back. Suits me fine, I have been getting things done, enjoying that particular pleasure of scoring them off the...
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Walk a mile in my Shoes

Keep on Walking Come, sit with me awhile. I’ll let you walk half of a mile in my shoes. Don’t judge me because you got a pass two, These words are...

Praying to St Lou Reed

Lou Reed snarls at the opening syllables of beseechment, the skinny boy's prayer. Nobody told the boy to beware this saint. 'You only came to me...
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Lucrezia Borgia

A medieval femme fatale. It was rumoured that Lucrezia was in possession of a hollow ring that she used to poison drinks.(Image fro Wikimedia Commons)
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Miles Henderson Lived here (2)

The next day Whitcome arrived to find Skelton waiting for him at the Innesville Tourist Office. “Skelton! Not like you to leave Outersville. Are you...
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The Campaign For Terrence Oblong - Peter Buckley Hill and the Free Fringe

Peter Buckley Hill was an aspiring comedian who decided to become an international star by hiring a venue at the Edinburgh Festival. His act mixed...
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Miles Henderson Lived here (1)

“And this is the very rock that Miles Henderson once sat on,” said Whitcombe for the ten thousandth time. He never tired of it, he was proud of the...

2084-C

Chris was standing in the magistrate's court once again. He had come to give evidence in defence of James Johnson. The female magistrate wore a...
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Rhubarb - Part 1 (Translation).

I have never grown rhubarb My Mum grew them. Some rhubarb, I think is too sour. Some rhubarb tastes mild. I LOVE RHUBARB WITH APPLES AND CUSTARD! Do...

Rhubarb - Part 1

Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb rhubarb. Rhubarb rhubarb...
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10,839 Steps

I estimate, on the Beaufort scale, that the sea was ‘slight’ today, the breeze ‘gentle’. What did the sea sound like? Whispering kids at bedtime who...
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Poem of the week
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Dusk

The girl with the softest edges Who summons the stars And the scent of the rose Who unburdens the sun, scattering its fiery embers Her name is Dusk...
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Who Is Your Robin Hood?

Nonsense, don't click on this. Image made by author at Canva.com

Mariangel

Change, as it affects us as we age; though here, I'm entirely in sympathy with the lady portrayed.

A New Arrival

Hello Little Henry! He is the second. He came along as his parents beckoned. The world his oyster, to be reckoned. Opportunities great, the future...
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Chuwl (Hebrew: to dance in a whirl)

Friday evening, full moon waning, the haar cleared, returning the hills to the town. Sun peeped through and a cooling breeze blew the last ghostly...

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