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Where can wisdom be found?
[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] For beauty, riches people search, but what is greater far – the ‘why’ of everything that is, is worth much...
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Mr. Lee's Cafe
There was a tiny brass bell that hung over the front door of the Gogoratu Cafe. It rang every morning at 8:30 and then again three hours later. Those...
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Domain
The woods are skin to God’s gift and a spiritual journey unmasks His delight.
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Money - some context
As of 13th January 2022 (last Thursday), the Top Ten richest people (all men) in the world had an estimated (official) net worth as follows:
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Timesnot
First-time fatherhood is world-changing. That’s what Alan Hillier was discovering with every day that passed. He’d been determined not to screw this...
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Big Man Up Front
"We need to put the big man up front. Get him on all the politics shows criticising the PM and showcasing how he'd be different." "Yeah, the Prime...
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IN OUR TWOSOME KITCHEN
In our twosome kitchen - on the glazed cupboard door - hangs a tiny wooden heart by a blood red ribbon. The heart is not alone: Beside it is a tiny...
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The Feel Of Music
The Feel Of Music By Paul McCann From the heart to strings of steel, music is something we feel . It touches the soul , it grooves, it rocks , it...
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This Homeless Man
This Homeless Man came to me asking for a cup of coffee & a donut feeling blue - an afternoon encounter now bringing him close to me and I...
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A Poem for Pongal
Pongal Magharzhi’s Passed and Thai is here; The Larder’s full, the charcoal fire Sweetens the air with flame scorched milk. May your Pongga rise and...
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The Over Complication
“Who we killing?” Outlier pulled their knife to their face. They couldn’t contain their laughter as they attempted to lick it. “Merlyn.” The word...
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Loads of Catching-up
“I miss showers.” Aloe slopped the dark ooze from her arms. Inches of black gunk fell to the floor and yet she remained drenched in its embrace...
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Sanford and Steptoe and Son
It has been fifty years since Sanford and Son was first broadcast on TV. It ran for six seasons and 136 episodes. The very first episode aired on...
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The Den (Part 2)
There was no-one in when I went home at lunchtime. I drank some milk out of the bottle in the fridge. Then I made myself a pickle sandwich and went...
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The Den (Part 1)
This is one of the first short stories I ever wrote - about 30 years ago. It's based on my own childhood experiences, growing up on a high-rise estate in South London in the '70s.
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Corona Log -14/1/22
Corona Log Entry- January 14, 2022 It is a sunny and cool day here in S.W. Florida. Temps are in the low seventies. A cold front is coming that will...
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The God of Mistakes
It was dusk over the Aegean Sea. The sun had just set over the horizon, and the sky had metamorphosed into a dull green, revealing the evening’s...
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(This Life) Part 4: The Neighbour’s Wife
to be part of, to see, to be
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Disenchantment 48
***** Normally quite aloof and stoic, this place was even getting to Hornblende. All he thought real, all he believed about life and death, was...
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Not a Fairy Tale
Stoking the fire means warmth for hiking on a very cold day pasted to a northern wind. A deer poking his head through flailing flakes shows there is...
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