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Child of the forest
My dream of living near the forest finally came true last month when I moved into my new home. Yet, it didn’t take long to discover a few unexpected...
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Splintered Souls
Splintered Souls By Curtis Ray Jones Page 1 At first glance no one would think Chase Gillette was a haunted man. He was only twenty-five, lived right...
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Mad Girl’s Heart Song

Mad Girl’s Heart Song (A Villanelle, based on Sylvia Plath’s ‘Mad Girl’s Love Song’) Jennifer Pickup, 26.09.2024 for World Mental Health Day 10.10...
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Day to Day

From day to day and every day And Yesterday and never day To stay to say to go away And yet to choose to stay today To come and go and never know The...
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Come Home To Christmas

Come Home To Christmas By Paul McCann It was getting close to Christmas and Gabriel was looking for ward to driving back to his hometown to spend...
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Reclaiming the Kitchen
It’s simply not possible to light candles, play Audible and cook, in manner of domestic goddess, when one’s kitchen is in a guddle. Especially when...
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Hurricane Milton- the aftermath
Hurricane Milton- the aftermath It is 2:30 A.M. on Thursday, the tenth of October, in the year of our Lord 2024. I think it was the relative quiet...
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Wee Plastic Hats Off to Ole Kirk Christiansen!

A small box of Lego is just enough to give your kids a treat.
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"Willow's Missing Tail" 20
Martha hadn’t wanted to leave Perfidia behind but time was growing shorter and they needed every second of it to prepare the room. So she made the...
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Hurricane Milton approaches land
Milton approaches landfall It is Wednesday, the ninth of October in the year of our Lord, 2024. As dawn rose over the eastern sky, the winds had just...
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Habit Tracking - It's a Thing
I had never heard of the concept of habit-tracking until yet another YouTube algorithm brought it to my attention. Unlike quite a lot on YouTube,...
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Old Age

The logical inevitability.
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Thoughts

Thoughts By Paul McCann The first time it happened , it was just like someone uninvited came walking straight through the front door without knocking...
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Pipe dreams
At 7:00 a.m., my alarm erupted with its usual enthusiasm, which was met by a groan from the other side of the bed. "I slept so badly," my beloved...
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The Eleventh Hour

The Eleventh Hour By Paul McCann . The world disappeared right before his eyes and not a sound was heard . He was floating in space towards a light...
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Parcel for You...Part 37
‘I don’t know yet. I think I need help though. It’s not something I can fix myself using my own controls.’ Vanessa inhaled and then sighed. She felt...
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Only.

Some people collect cars. Some people collect luxury cars. Some people collect stamps, some collect teddies, others collect vinyl records. I remember...
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The Day before Milton arrives
The Day before Hurricane Milton arrives It is Tuesday, the eighth of October, in the year of our Lord, 2024. The rains had started last night and...
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The Girl Who Liked Walking Through The Woods

The Girl Who Liked Walking Through The Woods By Paul McCann She always loved walking in the woods surrounded by trees in the silence of a lonely...
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Movie Monday - That's my Fun Day
Continued the long weekend into Monday and went to see ‘The Outrun’ at Number 30 cinema in Huntly. The film made me want to go to a rave and to go...
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