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The Picture Ranch 23

"How in hell will you get Micawber Fisher out of this one?" "umm..." Image is a still from the 1947 Republic Serial "The Black Widow" and copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of Republic Pictures, viz. Artisan Home Entertainment since 1998. The Black Widow is not available to buy.
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Don't Let Her Get Away With It
Once there was a mountain called Mount Britain and at the top of the mountain lived all the rich and powerful while at the bottom lived all the poor...
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If I may never see your eyes again
If I may never see your eyes again then I shall pick two stars from heaven's face. If I can never hear your voice, well then, I'll hear the sweetest...
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Gods, Goblins And Saints
Gods, Goblins and Saints. A comment from a former neighbor and childhood friend got me thinking. She was remarking upon our collective reliance upon...
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In Case You Missed It

By way of writing something more optimistic... Image is CC0 Public Domain Free for commercial use No attribution required
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Wild Tundra
Daylight hovered across the vast, barren desolation of the arctic. Snow drifts that resembled gigantic meringue mounds, gave way to the only...
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Comte by Candlelight 2
The next week, Victor announced, Charlotte would be joined by his sister Helena, who would accompany her to Karnak and the Valley of the Kings a...
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Boatman's dream 21
Two worlds
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Manchester Tears

Teen-fans brim full of Ariana, young sons larked, popped pink balloons, Promenading Princess’s pirouetted, pranced, rushed out to tell proud Mams and...
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You Are His
You Are His By Paul McCann If they say things that hurt you , here's a few things you should do Be good even when they're bad . Be still even though...
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Roger Moore
The sadness that we are feeling is too painful to ignore. People are very sad because of the death of Roger Moore. He starred as James Bond seven...
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Navigation
Your words each phoneme coarse, like sand grains caught in an oyster. I swallow them whole. Gulping, the whorls of salty slime swim through my gut. I...
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Weather report
Yesterday was hot, in the evening the sunset was the most spectacular I have ever seen around here and this morning the dawn was beautiful. They say...
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Stardust Born

A life form bound to gravity The heart within it beats Trapped within a ticking time The spirit dares to dream Above the granite buildings A vast and...
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Visiting Our Own

I visited Holy Cross Cemetery in Lackawanna, on Monday. It was 55 degrees out, with a 20-mph wind, cloudy, cold and dreary. For a Floridian, like me...
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Lost Luggage

Some friendships are for life, but what happens when a life ends? And, what happens when one friend is a walking box? This is a piece of Discworld fanfiction. All characters, locations and concepts are the intellectual copyrighted material of Terry Pratchett and his associated publishers.
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Yellow Sky
Sometimes after storms, the sky turns yellow as the sun pushes its way through cracks in clouds, and lush trees and other greens are basked in a...
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The Dark - part 2
Then he spotted the torch symbol on the screen. He pressed it and followed the instruction. Sarah was right, this thing did work as a torch. He swept...
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The Dark - part 1
Their afternoon walk slips into night, as the straggling children in the group slow the adults down. David is walking with his daughter near the back...
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