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Mother Of Response

. Mother Of Response By Paul McCann Mother of response I lift up my voice to you and rejoice You were given the grace of divine choice Mother of...

Golden Memories: The Rich Friend

Although there were a few exceptions, most of our motorbike gang lived on the local council estates. In the 1970's these had often degenerated into...
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what we did on our holiday, November 87

'what we did on our holiday, November 87' God helps three kinds of people: fools, children, and drunkards – we were two of the three. we were on a...

Emmanuel (= God with us) 1. of series based on old carols

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] [1, based on the carol 'O come, O come, Emmanuel'] O come, O come, Emmanuel, all people need good news – Noël* to give life purpose … Rejoice, Emmanuel has come – the Light to shine for everyone.…
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Alex Harvey Paid the Ferryman (in 1982)

He paid his final dues, the journeyman, waiting for the Zeebrugge ferry the day before his forty-seventh birthday. Looking at the grey North Sea...

One of my father’s carvings

Relaxation from a desk job, one of his hobbies was carving. I think the occasion for this one was probably his parents golden wedding anniversary...

07.2 A Nest in the Woods

Shakir returned to the foreground and the girl had gone into the annex. He sat down and dug into the stuff she brought. She appeared from the north...

Exploring a New world

Butterflies dragonflies frogs and tadpoles from streams and pools between reeds and lilies catching ladybugs and digging up earthworms under rocks...
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Cyber Birds

. Cyber Birds By Paul Mc Cann I woke up this morning and sat down by the internet , and opened up the windows , in my mind my thoughts were set,. to...

Growing Down

Billy was woken up by his mum. He quickly washed and got dressed. His Harvard sweatshirt (it was somewhere in Belgium apparently), long shorts,...

Wreck

A seascape

You've Got Mail

Contest entry "portrait of mail boxes in a post office." You’ve Got Mail The precise, rectangular array of the postal boxes was both geometric in...

The Prisoner

There's nothing like an anus to make us smile. Nothing so human as a pile. We like to pretend it's all so vile, Throw ribald insults with spit and...

07.01 A Nest in the Woods

Rainy days and sunny days occurred in between. Flight Lieutenant Marvin Edward was getting busier day by day. More locals arrived for treatment at...

A Local History Facebook Group

Does anyone know why 17 Borrowdale Road is missing? Every day I walk past the empty space and wonder why it’s not there. No. 13 is missing as well...

I Give You My Heart

I give you my heart To wrap in glass Stash it safely on the roof Let it freeze Let the wind toss it Like flotsam On a gravel beach Carry it in an...

BETSY, THE MARE WHO CAME HOME

In these times of remembrance when we honour the dead of both world wars and the animals who perished with them, here is the story of Betsy, the mare...

last sitting at table 58

last sitting at table 58 threadbare carpet hotel breakfast ‘té? café? sir? madam?’ ‘is there marmalade?’ ‘I fetch you mermelada’ ‘and a spoon for my...

The Weighbridge

. The Weighbridge by Paul McCann It was a cold winters night and the fog came down and the traffic on the freeway was moved slowly past the...

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