Days Like These
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My Feet and I
"Well, what a beautiful baby boy!" They exclaimed on the day of my birth. "A bouncing, bonnie little man." So I yelled for all I was worth. They...
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A Bit Part in a B-Movie
I wanted to be the hard, handsome hero earning ten million dollars with sculpted sinew and rampaging manhood that invaded the badlands, swamps and...
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Ellie and Her Cohorts (haibun)
Ellie came for a sleepover. It was her turn, so she told us. Still a committed carnivore... Mrs Treaclechops defrosted a pack of thick-cut bacon and...
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The World Has Missed You
Lockdown restrictions eased, so Mrs Treaclechops and I headed to the Isle of Wight for a few days. May weather is always variable… the sun may shine...
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A Snippet on a Winter's Day
Mrs Treaclechops and I had lunch in an upmarket cafe' in Bournville Village, Birmingham today. It was full of trendy upwardly mobile young types and...
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One Day in April
A quartet of grandchildren: Jack, Jacob, James and Sophie came for a play day. April sunshine was on offer, so we spent much of the time outdoors. An...
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This Modern World (Tanka Sequence)
the Victorian tearoom transforms into the Happy Wok Takeaway... an English Rose orders chicken chow mein before reading her crystal ball... the...
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