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passing the torch
A whole lot of foodies!
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Adventures
It sat, all alone, on the banks of ‘the great, grey, green, greasy Limpopo River’ (to steal a quote from Rudyard Kipling). A hat, a bush hat, a...
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The Way it is
Pizza & beer on the menu tonight same as so many other years ago when that time was right and now is it ok to repeat? At my age a bad choice but...
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Doubting Thomas
Reflections on a long-ago holiday. Dreams and reality - 400 words - Image from Pixabay
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Memorial Day, 2023
Many soldiers have died for the USA. We're paying tribute to those people today. When those soldiers died, it brought about plenty of sorrow. They...
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Little Cook!
A cock-eyed chef’s hat and a tired apron all askew, a small wooden bowl and spoon and …
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And there she is – my mother.
Even now, knowing all this, I still miss my mother despite the logic in my mind telling me I never actually had one. I think it’s been more than a...
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Strongth
Strongth Once you’ve passed your fiftieth year, you have very few skills remaining and even fewer pleasures, but there is one. Shitting. There is...
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Nature's Wonders
As dawn breaks through shifting sunlight; clouds slowly drift above pathway to yawning woods, where gentle nature calms the soul illuminating beauty...
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AARON’S WORLD: Part 1
A tongue-in-cheek story about an over populated technological world in two parts (updated from a previous post) ------ Ouroboros symbol from Wiki Commons
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Renzo's end.
Annabel smoked loudly as she stood back to take in a view of the Doge's palace. It was as if smoking loudly was the most natural thing to do if you...
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Good Morning Mr AntiChrist 1
Natasha had just completed a degree in Theology. She spoke to her tutor, a middle aged woman called Jane Spoors, who appeared on the tiny little...
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Another Day
Another day, announced the birds in non negotiable verse, sharp tools to cut you from the sack of your sleep and nick you just enough to feel the...
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Long Journey Into the Night
A Good Samaritan, - 400 words - Image from Pixabay
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The Storyteller And The Gibilley Gooks
The Storyteller And The Gibilley Gooks By Paul McCann In a boat on the ocean, he sat alone thinking of times that were long gone and civilizations...
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It could have been me, it could have been you
Image of emaciated child, stares from behind safe screen in comfortable sitting-room. It feels safe enough to eat your hearty guilt-free dinner. This...
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Never Satisfied!
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] See, Eve with so much, still succumb to feeling she needs something more, and Satan is pleased still to come...
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Passing Through
Passing Through By Paul McCann Some day it will be all right and we will go where the good people go whenever the time is right . We break the chains...
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Hate And Love.
There is an advert on the telly that I love SO much! When I first saw it, I wasn’t sure what I thought of it, but the more I saw it, the more it grew...
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Ode on a Snow Leopard as the sun goes down
Wearing your jacket, white, pure, white as white, as white can be. As pure and cool as white can be. Unseen by man, a wild thing, unhunted...
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