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Our Feathered Friends
Gone for now that flurry of winged friends - bluebirds & chickadees & sparrows - from their menu of treats on my back-porch flitting back to...
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The Phone Rings
...as I'm having lunch
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The Girl With The Stolen Shoes
The Girl With The Stolen Shoes by Paul McCann . Seven years she got for stealing shoes then transported here to pay her dues , a hard life she had ,...
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Winning Through
Sitcom as metaphor. I expect this one has a few episodes which would remain on the shelf should the BBC ever repeat them and that's fine too. Image is from the National Army Museum website.
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The Sounds Of The World
Note: When I get the time I'm designing cover art One other note: This was not written by someone who has experienced being deaf, if anybody who...
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THE TRIALS OF AN ANGEL
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When Seasons Collide
Winter gasped me to its bosom as butterfly flakes (more like stars) from an overflowing sky- the suddenness of it all catching me off guard shoving...
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Thirteen Letters. Chapter Twelve.
Tonight, was my turn to have Questions and Answers, there was an excitement in the air from the live studio audience, Maxine had briefed me on what...
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on parts of Psalm 145
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] His words are all faithful and true, his works are all kind through and through, he’s righteous and...
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Behind Blue Eyes : A Review and Speculation by Alfred N.Muggins
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This classic rock song by Pete Townshend of The Who could have been written for Vladimir Putin! the loneliest man on earth, the man without a...
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When the morning breaks
when the morning breaks there you are simple laying there with your usual stare and i wonder when you sleep do you feel complete or are you lost...
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Reading the future
Now then lads, here's a tale. A long time before yonder dale, There were instead a deeply vale. Then when yon smoky chimnies caused a wail. Followed...
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Miracle Baby???
picture from flickr
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Months After
Not a thing stirs Under the heavy tree Only whispers in the breeze And the song of birds. Read the signs Carved freshly in By the local lads 'Mark...
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Too Early for the Apocalypse
You get woken up before your alarm clock. It should be dark outside, but the darkness is mixed up with lights. They wobble and hover – yellow-white,...
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Sic transit gloria
An outsized statue, standing tall It sits in a park or monument hall. It speaks of valor in times now past. I wonder how long the memory can last...
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Knowing The Crows
This fondness for crows goes beyond knowing. While others prettify their minds at the songbird’s solo, I found you counting the croaks as if each...
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Thirteen Letters. Chapter Eleven.
Both Maxine and myself our birthdays are in the same month. I decided to do something unusual, for we all knew in the past how she likes to spend her...
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1:2:4 Underground (Part 3)
The room was similarly decorated to Tolan’s other lab but this one was much larger. It had a small waiting area, an empty receptionists desk and an...
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1:2:4 Underground (Part 2)
Lore awoke, gasping for air, terrified for a brief moment. They jumped from the bed, ripping the duvet from around Char exposing her to the cold of...
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