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Ugly Puggly 72
Ugly Puggly’s house was familiar and unfamiliar as an aged aunt. We crept up four stairs near the door, looking and listening like kids learning the...
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Knights Of the Keyboard To the Defence of Ukraine (Part 2) by Alfred N.Muggins
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5 th of April 2022 Be careful those of us who wish to use Facebook to counter the Russian paid ‘Trolls’, who seem to be operating on the comments to...
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The Bone of Night
He bumped & bruised as a PTSD victim on his way up the stairs to our room after an afternoon of overtime drinking – his usual fun time – ours was...
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Ugly Puggly 71
Rain bounced off pavements and roads, but it had mostly stopped when I caught up with Ugly Puggly. I didn’t have a jacket on and was drookit and...
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Why The Pylon?
Orange. Standing guard o’er roughly one square meter. Orange, in its bright and tangeriny hue. Orange enough to bring some green through someone’s...
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL (part1)
Follow up of THE FIRST ANGEL --- Sally's story
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Early
We are the tribe of Early We are the Cleaners Window Cleaners Recyclers Gardeners Workers for the Royal Mail. Bus and Train Drivers Cabbies...
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The Spy Who Was Mince*
A rare autobiographical piece... Image made using canva from elements found at flickr.com
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A very ill-tempered woman
Once upon a time, there was a very ill-tempered woman. She could rage over a silly little thing always. She understood that was wrong. She consulted...
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The Second Anniversary
When I advertised for a Chihuahua on Craigslist, I had good luck. I was able to buy another dog and she cost two hundred bucks. But about four weeks...
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The lonesome egg
They treat me like an egg, About to drop and splat, The reality is I’m more Complex than that! My room unkept and busy, Not the way I left it,...
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Profile in Courage
Profile in Courage Laboring, in the vineyards of the vote, has always been a task ill-suited to the strongly principled. Compromise, deal making and...
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Afternoon Delight
Dear diary...it's Sunday afternoon, 14 th August 2022, and the temperature keeps on rising. Sitting in my garden den, thinking of the wild green man...
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More Teashop Life.
I thought at five foot nine inches I would be classed as a midget these days, but apparently I underestimated my Herculean stature. On approaching...
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Pretending to Believe
I didn't even know people did this on-line. Image is author's own fault.
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The Wayward Noodle 4
“I didn’t say that quickly! Are you okay?” “I don’t mind telling you, I’m feeling pretty al dente right now.” Noodle lay, gathering what was left of...
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The Wayward Noodle 3
Soon, Noodle was back at ‘Mon Plume’. It was completely closed. He came to a two-point landing on a ceiling fan over the restaurant floor, which he...
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Elvis Presley Was His Name
He began recording for Sun Records until his contract was acquired by RCA. He was the King of Rock and Roll and his life ended forty-five years ago...
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The Nicotine Addict
Can you blow circles one inside the other? And smoke out the mouth into the nose or put the cigarettes out on your tongue? Play chicken with a...
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Bermuda Dreams
Chapter Three "So get this!" Their host flapped his hand down, inflecting his desire for them to converse in hushed voices. He kept on in a high...
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