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Dead Man: 1
The day John Bardo died was an otherwise unremarkable day in his life. It was in late spring, when the mornings were beginning to get lighter and...
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10 Life Lessons. Number 7.
A few weeks after my ninth birthday, and with money desperately tight, Dad finally gave his permission for mum to get a job. I know that sounds...
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A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part Three
I did feel that air of excitement, but also a slight trepidation, as the last time I saw my cousin Julia, was when we were nine, which was nearly six...
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A Victorian Lady's Memoirs Part Two
I remember sitting at breakfast that morning, asking mama how long we would be able to stay at Uncle and Aunts. “ My dear Emily,” she replied in her...
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Entry 2 — Margaret’s Garden
Journal of Isla Loren — March 18 Location: white house above the Aiglin Sea Weather: Dew on the windowpanes, pale light, hush before the wind Notes:...
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Impulsive Anger and Escalation
How easily I get irritated and snap instead of chat. How easily nations squabble and angry thrust becomes a tit-for-tat. “Blessed are the peacemakers...
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The Rest of My Life: Thoughts on looking at mum and dad's wedding photograph.
When my father was the age I am now - 66 - he became homeless for the first time. He was living on the streets. It was around this time of year, too...
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Addictions.
There are lots of different kinds of addictions. I suppose if I had to put them into categories, I would put them as mild, medium, strong, severe,...
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From A Poet To A Songwriter
From A Poet To A Songwriter By Paul McCann I can still remember the night I became a poet . It happened so suddenly . One night before going to sleep...
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Songs Through The Times
Songs Through The Times By Paul McCann Over the last 40 years I've written about two thousand songs with a desire to get them recorded . I have...
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Goodbye George Wendt
George Wendt was an actor and he starred in "Cheers". He loved to sit on that stool and drink plenty of beer. He starred in many shows and movies but...
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Winter On The Escalade Hills
Winter On The Escalade Hills By Paul McCann Life in the winter around the Escalade Hills filled our heads with colour , We skipped along over the...
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African Memories
Old Madala, a picannin friend and I passed time in mouth-watering anticipation. Under the Mopana tree, which stood near their khia at the end of our...
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10 Life Lessons. Number 6.
The most important place in the school was “The Hall”. We had our morning assembly in “The Hall”. We had our school dinners in “The Hall” And we also...
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Entry 1 — The Mug
Journal of Isla Loren — March 17 Location: the white house above the Aiglin Sea Weather: Salt wind, early fog, something waiting Notes: possible...
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Xion Island Carrier Chapter 14
The rain drew slow trails over Nash’s nerves like a jagged fingernail over skin. Barrow was under one of those relentless showers that made...
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Beauty
The far blue horizon sky such beauty before my eyes as I sit and wonder why as the clouds glide on by I see birds fluttering in the sky as I close my...
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What If
What If by Paul McCann What if I could just disappear anytime I wanted. What if all of my wishes could suddenly be granted. What if I had more time...
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She Sleeps
The night I got robbed, I couldn’t move. I was 18, youngest one in the shelter, lying on the smoking bench out back. I’d come in late with too many...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 13
I am filled with hatred. And the thrill of impeccable timing. I couldn’t have planned Aunty Laura’s reckoning better, though the moment she stole the...
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