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The Rest of My Life: Fate Accompli
Everything is different because of everything else I came across that line this morning in the book I'm currently reading. It's one of those lines...
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10 Life Lessons. Number 4.
Dad kept Pigeons. At the bottom of our tiny garden was a Pigeon Loft. Dad raced them, as did my Grandad and my Uncle George. Pigeon racing was...
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This winter
Come home this winter I miss you dearly Come back for a dinner No need to be yearly Dust fills the room Where you left in a hurry The glass still...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 12
Nash stared through the one-way glass at James McAlister as the roast beef sandwich he’d wolfed down for lunch refused to settle behind his ribs. The...
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The Bible Book of Proverbs
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] A book of a father’s instructions, desiring his child’s good health … So much common-sense, and word-pictures – memorable to stick in the mind …
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The Rest of My Life: First Day...
Monday, 8th September 1975 That was the day the then callow 16-year-old me started work. Fifty years ago, bar the shouting. We were living in Devon...
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Grave (Episode 10 - The Further Chronicles of a Young Lady (and her Maid))
In which 'Arry unearths more than anyone wanted, Gwladys has the job of covering it all up and Aeflethrith has an unexpected visitor.
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Sea-Salt
Why is the sea blue? They say it has to do with reflection—or other— but I think there’s more to uncover. So, if that’s true… why is the sea so...
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In the Mood (Not)
Sometimes yer in the poetry zone...and sometimes y'aint.
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A young Chianti
I’ve followed signs to Yield in Ireland when I’m used to an Aussie Give Way. As I put on bright lipstick, tell you stories of Africa when we were...
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10 Life Lessons. Number 3.
We’ve always had dogs. The first dog I remember was a mongrel called Butch. We went as a family to get him from a neighbour's house. Their dog had...
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That's what my heart yearns for now
“I never thought we would get this far,” she says to me. We raise our glasses and playfully tap them against each other. The waiter asks if he can...
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Joe Don Baker
He was born in Groesback, Texas and his name was Joe Don Baker. Sadly, after living for nearly nine decades, he needed an undertaker. He attended...
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Without Wheels
Without Wheels Old-fashioned suitcases, the ones without wheels... Such treasures themselves for the memories they held. Skippered with no regard to...
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Seventh Place
The horse’s neon hooves hammered against the glass track like gunfire. We tore above a sea of stars. The massive crowd was a blur, a rolling roar...
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Unsung Hero
Unsung Hero Pink is so stereo typical - generic but also strong, judgement will be passed. But when the sun nuances shades of purple and blues...
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Can We Bleed?
They deliver you to the door of our shimmer-glass home, your blank face, custom companion molded from his. Same lips. Same laugh. But your voice— it...
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The Crinkler
‘Did you hear that?’ Bryce and Lora lay on their backs in the darkness of their bedroom, for unknown reasons their eyes were wide open as they...
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Xion Island Carrier: Chapter 11.
The isolation ward, set up as an emergency ICU, was too bright. Always bright, an internal room without windows, compensating for the lack of...
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Food Chains and Kafka
"Oh, this is the life!" said Campyler. "Brilliant isn't it? Nothing like a piece of dying Homosapien" replied Crypto. "Yes. Ever since they broke out...
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