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James Dean, among other things.

I watched A Rebel Without a Cause for the first time, and got inspired.

Swimmer

Land, where are you now? This queasy, diseased sea has jettisoned me deep. I wash in salted water. Smash the days with fists. Worry the horizon,...
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Shakespeare Must Die!

This is the prologue/pre-amble/pre-title sequence taster of a play I wrote about the 'Shakespeare Authorship Question'. Hopefully, like me, you think...

Love, Rehab, and Mutant Turtles (3)

Previous Chapter 3. Midnight Runaways Nick sat, awake, reading one of the library’s many ‘classics’. Upon arrival, he had quickly discovered that it...
Cherry

REMEMBERING BIG BEN

At 6 o'clock please think of me My mother used to say It was in 1939 that I was sent away To keep the children safe they said We must have no delay...

Ostrich eggs and elephant milk

The joy of cooking without a recipe book
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Help Me Say NO MORE FOOD

Listen to the sounds of a satisfying Thanksgiving dinner. Slurping soup then gobbling from a huge chicken, absorbing the aroma of prepared ecstasy...

Love, Rehab, and Mutant Turtles (2)

Previous Chapter 2. From One Drunk to Another Nick had detoxed before and each time it got a little worse. The shakes were more violent, the sweats...
Cherry

Secrets Of Wistman Woods

This is a poem about a small wooded area on Dartmoor, that is both ancient and otherworldly, like a secret to be told. Troubled cobwebs blown away in...
Cherry

Another extract from an old work ...

Warning - this includes details from a (fictional) therapy session, including repressed memories ... I can feel the atmosphere change. It begins with...

Neighbourhood Watch: The Shape of Things to Come

I've written about weird neighbours before, so some of you may remember the pair who've created a model mountain of dog poo in their backyard. Well,...
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The Condemnation of Darkness

Hello darkness my old friend You're here to drive me round the bend As sultry summers meet their end You pounce upon my fear and send Me screaming...
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Inspired By Love

The Lifeguard story Is dedicated too, and inspired by the Lifeguard’s wife. The master at rescuing her man’s soul. To find passion, love and life as...
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Material and eternal provision

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] Never again would He flood the whole earth. Yearly the seasons will bring plants’ rebirth. Tells of the Day...

From Scotland with Love

I know I said I'd send you photographs of my haggis but I was so hungry and I rarely think about anything when I'm about to start a big meal. Eating...
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Jelly Babies

I did something today that I've been wanting to do for the last thirty-seven years. I ate some Jelly Babies. I became a big fan of the classic "...

100 Quid

My wife and I visited England and I can't believe what I did. She wanted to go shopping and I gave her a hundred quid. At the time, I didn't know...

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