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New Directions (20)
When I arrived home Karen’s car was in the drive. I squeezed mine in behind it. The dashboard clock said 17:17. The driver door opened and Karen...
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Does Not Play Well with Others
The Vinery is a community hub, based in the refurbished Victorian vinery (slanted glasshouse) previously part of the Duff House walled garden. The...
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The Fairy Floss Man
The Fairy Floss Man By Paul McCann There were some things you couldn’t eat , pinky soft and so very sweet , it came in a van round the street , the...
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Freddie Fusco’s Fish
Freddie Fusco’s Fish By Paul Mc Cann There once was a cod on a hook , Caught by Freddie Fusco the cook . He battered it and fried it good , and...
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Armstrongs Butcher Shop
Armstrongs Butcher’ Shop By Paul McCann Walking into Armstrongs butchers as a child gave me a strange feeling with the butchers holding knives and...
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Nothing New Under the Sun
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Perceptions
ILLUSIONS AND PERSUASIONS Sometimes, in Government and Politics, logic and the compelling cogency of righteousness, are not enough to win an argument...
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Another Shore
Turn down the empty glass can have two meanings; one being at sea the turning of the hour glass to mark each watch hour; the other is to turn down one's glass, to show that the drinking has now ended.
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Favourites
Aries Man (AM): What’s your favourite sandwich? Cancerian Woman (ME): It depends. AM: What do you mean it depends? It can’t depend. There’s one...
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Ardoyne Runaways
Ardoyne Runaways By Paul McCann At the onset of riots on the streets there were lots of great people who could maintain a sense of togetherness and...
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Open Mind
Welcome to the realm of open minds, Where laughter illuminates and expands consciousness like children's eyes on Christmas Day. Unwrapping and...
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REST
REST Matt11:28 “Come to me; all who are weary and heavily burdened (by religious rituals that provide no peace), and I will give you rest {refreshing...
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In Between Darkness
In Between Darkness “Into Darkness” If you could color the world with a painted brush; the fragrance according to visa, la vie.Traveling through a...
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The Rape of Britain.
Times have changed, compared to years ago. When a person emigrated to another country, they learnt the language, so that they can communicate and be...
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Complex Dream
Asleep behind tired eyes, fringed only in absence of familiar influences that scatter upon dreams. Along swallowed road, journey layered with actions...
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Talent
Imagine Archie Rice compere of talent show auditions... Image made by me at canva.com
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You Have to be in the Mood for a Sound Bath
Winter Solstice 2019, I went to a gong sound bath in the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen. Pardon the pun, but it was rank. Not just musically, but partly...
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The Innocence Of An Ardoyne Child
The Innocence Of An Ardoyne Child By Paul McCann All around Ardoyne’s little streets We played with ropes , hoops and cleeks , and we had fun in the...
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In Between Words
In Between Words There's an navigating hum, that looms low and hollow; It drifts into night ascend: closely to boredom kin. Going, gone, distraction...
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Nervous.
My friend Louisa wanted to take me out to afternoon tea. I had never been out to an afternoon tea before. I have seen them on telly, and have seen...
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