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50 moments in autism - I just need the sea
I am drawn to the sea. I have lived for large chunks of my life by the sea, in Swansea and in Brighton. Mrs Oblong and myself visit Brighton and...
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50 Moments in autism – my mother dies
When my mother died, I returned to work almost immediately, I just needed to be distracted by daily routine, and my dad was doing the organisation...
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Ghosts
Another ghost. Getting crowded around here. Not that I mind. I enjoy the company. Been surrounded by ghosts my whole life: grandparents; parents;...
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Not just ‘hope-so’ hope!
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series – a day early this week] Not ‘hope-so’ hope – we wait with sure good knowledge of what's now secure – the...
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Wirl's End Chapter 2.
Chapter Two. The Door. One day, Brian and Lexa were sat on Brian's garden wall idly chatting about the books they had just got from the library when...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 12,
Chapter 12. Finding the answer. Rev. Lollop was still standing by the porch when Amanderella returned to him. He looked mildly anxious, as though he...
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Banished To Earth Book Two, Ravaged Earth (37)
Chapter 66 127 “Pry,” Silhouette’s voice was uncharacteristically soft and tender. “Girl…” Pry rolled over, her left arm slid away from her face...
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Reminder (2)
He went back on Thursday. Not the next Thursday. The Thursday after that. Eleven days in which the taste of the champagne resurfaced three times —...
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Reminder (1)
The postcard was in the mailbox between a credit card offer and a flyer for a pizza place that had closed in November. Stuart Kemp pulled all three...
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Magpie 5, 6 & 7
5: Silver 6: Gold 7: Secret
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"Lament"
White noise fills the space of regret Blocks conscious thought Deletes words wished to be said Solace lingers beyond the noise through a path of non-...
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Magpie: 1 & 2
1: Sorrow 2: Joy
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NISHA APA
Nisha Apa A Character that deserted me never peeping on my inner screens again and again since my early teens with her role play to survive and stay...
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July Garden Haiku
Bright summer swelter- Bees, wasps buzz, supping pollen- Hollyhocks whisper.
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The Way We Heard: That's Not My Name - The Ting Tings - 2008
The small, blonde girl pushes her hair back from her face nervously as she peers out from behind the half open front door of her mother’s modest...
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Wirl's End
Wirl's End. Chapter One. Introductions Wirl's End was a small street in the poorest part of the town. There were only four houses, two on each side...
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Amanderella and the Mystery of the Disappearing Vicar Chapter 11.
Chapter 11. A New Day. Amanderella stepped out into a morning washed clean by the night’s rain. The air had that fresh, faintly metallic scent that...
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Aspect of Me
in the quiet dark, wondering and waiting. how many versions, how many aspects of myself have I created? childhood offspring and sibling, obedient and...
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The Way We Heard - Killing in the Name
In December 2009 the number one record in the UK singles chart was Killing in the Name, by the Californian band, Rage Against the Machine. It was a protest song about police brutality, systemic racism, and state abuse of power, though this story is about buying chocolate at a London tube station. It also became my favourite Christmas song.
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