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No Going Back
No Going Back Life itself is a one way ticket often comprising of changes that are forever. True, in a physical sense we can retrace our steps, but...
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Renting Alone
I don’t hoover every web between the kitchen and the back door. Jeff hangs between radiator and washing machine, hammock-bound, tiny headphones,...
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The football player
Once upon of time, there was a little boy named Daniel. He LOVED to play football. He was the best on his team; everybody loved him! He was so good,...
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Same.
I met my husband on a blind date. Most young people don’t know what a blind date is, they think it is a programme on the telly, so I have to explain...
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Things You Keep
Fake NUS card At big comp, you dress almost identical to your best friend in a red hooded coat and cork-heeled shoes. You got yours first. Her coat...
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Katie Fox.
We have all been out and about, minding our own business. Remember that girl on the bus? She had her throat cut; she didn’t even know the evil man...
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Naming Tree
To know is to name To name is to grow To remember and show To change what we know To connect what we cannot see To create history and language and...
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Turlough Ó Carolan's Farewell to Turlough Ó Maoláin
The Donegal and Derry Diary. The ninth and final part, though I’m hoping to be back there in 2027.
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Victory In Europe Day 8th of May 2025 : Hollow Victory Celebration After Almost 80 Years of Success and Peace
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(May 2025, 27/5/25) There was a Hollow Victory celebration this year, as 80 years have passed since that day in 1945, when the people celebrated...
Alexandria
There used to be a boat that sailed from Piraeus via Latakia in Syria then on to Alexandria on the north coast of Egypt. Then it was back to Piraeus...
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Super Abbreviated Last Perfect Sunday
0600 - we get out of bed. We must separate because your head is on my chest, your arm across it. We shower together to save water and to indulge...
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Transition
From here to Eternity
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Humdrum observations
Hey everyone, This is a brief extract from my third book. Aldo is standing outside his local 'The Carouel'taking in the scene of punters everyday...
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Smokey.
When I was young fireworks was only in November. Now fireworks are almost all year round where I live. With Bonfire night, Halloween, and many...
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Nobody Is Jealous Of You: Part 2
Miranda abandoned her questioning, stepped out, and aimed for fresh air. The house remained under surveillance. Instead of braving the cameras, she...
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Ghigau 18
Alan Terence O’Donnell lived in Dongola Road, Plaistow, in a small, two-up-two-down, pebble-dashed house, probably built around 1900. In the...
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Remember, give thanks, pray …
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Widows, orphans, traumatised men: wars leave damage yet again, But when evil threatens, thrusts, nations must defend, at cost. …
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Last Chance 3
Oh, how I hated that kid! As more and more time passed, the more and more I hated him. Finally, I went to the cops and reported him. The cops didn't...
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gRAY.
A man abused and killed a child. He was killed in jail. Another man inflected ONE HUNDRED AND ONE separate wounds on his girlfriend’s two-year-old...
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Welcome.
They should keep ALL politics out of football! There should be no bending of the knee, for black lives matter, for all lives matter, and no gay...
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