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My angel

To this day, I can’t handle the sight of honey! It transports me back to the end of my beloved Max’s life. Max developed diabetes when he was twelve...
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Strange Advent

I first posted this in December 2021. I'm now updating it, seeing as nothing has changed. (Image courtesy of Pixabay)
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Footprints
Footprints “This is an astonishing finding,” said Prof Bickley. “This trail of bird-like footprints has been dated at 200 million years old, a unique...
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Up to the Hoar Frost

The sun is shining, hardly a cloud in the big blue sky. Drive up the steep hill from Church Stretton, (a bit icy, careful – precipice to the right … white ‘flowers’ on the dead ferns …
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Wellness?
I love my cottage granary loaf bread. It fills my belly with sandpaper lead. To the health guru nostrums I am wed. Such a diligent follower, my face...
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Malign Intent - Teaser Chapter - A Funeral in Kilkenny / book release January 2024

A funeral in Kilkenny The Massey TE20 operated by a man in a sombre black suit and mid-crown top hat was pulling a low trailer with a wicker coffin...
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The right to play

I'm the first one in the room. And my heart beats inside me like a tipsy kettledrummer. But I'm up for it. After all, what comes next will change my...
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Love Story 24
I’d kissed Ali’s cheek when we left the church. Felt the novelty and glad feeling of having done the right thing. Even though Mum didn’t say so, I...
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1:4:5 Negotiations (Part 7)
Midpoint made his way towards the back of the room. There were four tables, each with a single, helmeted clone, sat by themselves. He scanned the...
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I Can't Stand The Rain (Bring Out Your Dead series - Part 44)

Chantelle no sooner gets one problem safely stowed, when another one crops up. Samantha, meanwhile, is battling the elements, belligerent port staff and her own employees.
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A child, then and now

A child, then and now Today to my dismay a child’s picture that I in my heart, nurture a kid under, a teen with mobile on-scene running to a car of a...
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Gimlet and Finchley 12 - The reading of the will

The reading of the will Ted’s will is being read in his solicitor’s office. It is a small room for such an occasion, with a dozen chairs crammed in,...
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Colours of Christmas

It’s December 1 st ….I’m declaring it Christmas… Colours of Christmas Dreams made of cinnamon, nights of ice, tree-light dancing on frosted panes...
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Merry Christmas, Mom - Part XI

When I say that you were a wonderful mother and person, i'm being sincere. The memory of the last Christmas that we shared is something I hold dear...
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Thoughts on Hamas and Palestinian Resistance, and Western and Arab Government Reactions
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c.20/10/23 – 27/10/23 (5/11/23) In my ‘Civilians In War’ article I have tried to hold back from being too emotional. Hamas have really done it now!...
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Love Story 23
It rained every day and everything closed in before the funeral. Mum had time for a fag before we got into the chauffeured car. The cortege set off,...
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Friendly Fire
FRIENDLY FIRE I went for my pre-chemo clinical visit yesterday. I have had a fairly uneventful fortnight, and nothing new to report, except the...
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Reasons to Be Bulgarian… Naz-dra-vee!

Bulgaria… a paradise that’s maybe a bit rough round the edges. This beautiful country may not be perfect but it’s the perfect home for me and Priyatelkata. We could never live anywhere else. I took my inspiration from Hristo Botev, my lovely neighbours and Ian Dury.
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Love Story 22

The Constable looked too small to be a cop even on his tiptoes. A parvenu in uniform just out of the wrapper did little to disguise his weedy build...
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