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My Idol
Life for the older generation meant marrying out of school and having a horde of kids. In this day and age four kids is considered a big family, but...
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Two 6 year olds discussing war
Boy. why is Russia fighting Ukraine? Girl. Because they are men and men always fight Boy. Girls fight too Girl. They only pull hair Boy. And slap...
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MERCY'S SMILE
A lyric for Song A Week 2022. https://soundcloud.com/josh-twinkle/mercys-smile?utm_source=clipboard&ut...
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Koffee Korner Kafé
Rows of Midleton houses seem to sail in the crisp, Irish air with branches of hundred- year-old trees, bared for winter cold, age- weighted,...
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Forever Home
As Max, a seven-week-old black and tan Jack Russell Terrier, played with his brothers and sisters in the basking sun, he thought to himself how lucky...
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04.5 The Wolf Pack
The grass was green and the leaves too, greener than green. Tony Yunis was tied to a chair and placed in the morning sun. Blindfold removed. A patch...
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Entanglement
I left my sweater at a neighbour’s place the one my daughter bought on Autumn day when we visited BC and its busy little village of Houston while a...
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Dry the Rain
You put your washing on the line when the weather forecast was for the big yellow sunshine and the travel reporter said all the roads are clear and...
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Dad
I believe that there is a difference between a father and a dad. In my opinion any male could be a father regardless of your age, race, sexuality or...
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The night shift is waiting for the morning
My friend Dan works in a potato factory and he's started to get into shape so when we meet we run around the lake near his house. We start off gently...
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An Unexpected Response
An amorous pursuit.
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the ten-minute bore
Christmas-Eve was a big thing in the Blaksketts. We are at the proud tip of a long peninsula leading to nowhere. You had the Christmas lights on...
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The Weather Sensitive
'He breaks his bread and the dark river swells...'
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04.4 The Wolf Pack
That night, at the house 1051 on Route 604 in Santa Rosa, there came a telephone call and Castillo was engaged in a hot unfriendly conversation. Tony...
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Wishes
yes, wishes. image source pixabay.com
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Triptych
watching. image is public domain.
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Overheard in Elland Park Wood
...but only by listening very carefully. Image by Richard Kay / Gateposts in Elland Park Wood licence CC by SA 2.0
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Teddy
‘Daddy, daddy, daddy,’ Louise repeated tapping her father’s shoulder. When he opened his eyes, she smiled at him and asked him to bring her to the...
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Maria and the Bellasis Family 28
I am enjoying my work with the Royal Embroiderers. I recently met a very interesting widow, Mrs. Henrietta Grace Smyth Baden-Powell. Her husband...
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All that Matters
Kin could have been Kinsom. Jadda found it disturbing. Every time she looked at him, she would at first see the young man who’d come to her on...
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- 331 reads