Autobiography
mirrors
a rock i throw through the glass of the past where the flowers grow where breezes blow waters flow the die is cast slow is fast first comes last once...
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Fishing with Gramps
Sundays were fishing with Gramps...
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Letter to a Friend 2
Marianne, I need help. I don't know what I've done. Everything seems to be falling apart. I feel like I'm approaching infinity. Things are speeding...
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Parkinson's Awareness Week 2015 547 words
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Parkinson's Awareness Week 2015 It's that time of the year again. Yes, the good old Shakers and Shufflers of which I am one, refuse to be ignored. We...
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I Remember the Days
When I come home I check his place on the mantle, surrounded there by framed mementos I lift him sometimes and plant a kiss I get teary-eyed and lost...
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Letter to a Friend
Marianne, I can tell you for a fact you will never read this passage or whatever, for if I have the chance, I would say all this to your face. But I...
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Lattes in Limbo
One son, torpid, lounges swum fluent in books, scrawl fresh brewed lost in the flurry and hiss.
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Leggings - the honesty will
I intend to stand aside... picture (c) OLDEST DAUGHTER SJ.
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The Valentine Ruin
A new life in the old ruin.
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Panic and alienation on the streets of London
Nineteen years ago I was travelling home from college on the train one day, thinking about an upcoming assessment and the work I needed to do for it...
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Leggings the radio show.
Leggings the next radio show. "Roll up, roll up, roll up, for the next installment of the international radio show, we are just awaiting the...
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Leggings a ring reforged.
picture with permission from my oldest daughter (all rights reserved S) “One ring to bind them all...” Uncle Tolkien and I sat in the lounge...
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I Let You Fall
I hold back and let you fall and turn your safety to sacrifice.
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Dumb Flock
We are the shepherds. Though the sheep bite our hands and chew through every insecurity. We both stand firm, shepherd and dumb flock, through wind, rain and shifting sands.
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Leggings witches with names...
It was the third night of April, and the air was cool. All about the witches skittered, brought in by broom. Up above their voices sounded, sharp as...
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The Hobbyist (Part 1/3)
The Hobbyist An Obituary McKendrick was a hobbyist. Throughout his short-lived life he had turned his hand to just about every past-time imaginable...
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Kissing Emily
I don’t think I have ever enjoyed kissing someone as much as I enjoyed kissing Emily. Her lips were soft and sweet. She smelled of Marc Jacob’s Daisy...
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A Very Welsh Thing (IP)
‘Y Gymanfa Ganu’ [Pronunciation: ‘Uh Gum- ann -va Gann -ee’ *= The Singing Festival (of Hymns )] … The chapels emptied, as they found the ‘singing clubs’ preferred the pubs, and fervour in a rugby ground …
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Leggings out to get some light...
A dark morning doomed, and the International Destroy Team sipped tea by straws whilst their next move on the game board. "It's no good," said the...
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life Keeping It Pure And Simple
Dear Diary, I want to look back at the Summer of 1976, what a Summer that was, even hotter than 1975...which was saying something, the heat seemed to...
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Stormy Days and Windy Nights
Did you hear the wind, howling like a wounded tiger last night? It sent me in my half sleep deeper snuggled into my blankets, cowering in only a half...
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Pots & Pans and the Last Romantics
Kitchen sink melodrama.
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Song for Sam Video
It was hard getting myself to do this. Which is why I posted it without a video. Then I felt the urge and went ahead with it. My heart goes out to...
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Mama
She didn’t love me as much. Oh now, don’t look at me like that. It wasn’t a secret. Hell, she’d even tell me occasionally, if she got drunk enough...
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March/26/2015
On the seventh day of Spring, it rained mercilessly. I stayed home from school that morning so I could pack up and prepare for the transition; The...
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Song for Sam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUpD8ZmvPc4 Song for Sam This boy of ours We're missing him His picture's on the wall He meant more than anything...
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If she only knew (part 3)
“She told me she was earlier today,” said Gloria. “She caught us all by surprise,” said Kelly. “She said she didn’t know what she wanted,” said...
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He put a new song in my mouth
(Psalm 40:3) Lifted from mire that sucks and grips, set down to stand upon firm ground, he placed a new song on my lips, to sing of such a Saviour...
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'White as Diamonds'
I've known mornings, white as diamonds, silent from a night so cold such a stillness... calm as the owl glides... Alela Diana Menig
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THE IDES OF MARCH
Woke up this morning Feeling cold Feeling old Older than yesterday Anyway. Without warning I see my husband hold A ring of white gold! For my...
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life Contrasting Receptions
Sitting in the kitchen at Mum and Dads eating lunch, I tried to describe every moment of my visit to Holland. Mum and Dad were always eager to hear...
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My Favourite Things
Forget raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens !
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Leggings a turn in the dark.
Leggings – a turn in the dark. It was early evening on the 15/03/2015 when the spy in the sky came down. He was much bolder and braver than before...
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The Ecstasy of Carmen Manning (excerpt)
~Excerpt from a play in the works~ about an angel with this round face and short hair that doesn’t move, even when it leans over, like a statue, you know? And it’s floating above me. I’m in my bed, except it’s not my bed, it’s white painted metal, like a child’s bed, but it’s huge,
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Before I Post Them
You left behind your knickers and your vest Returning from the station, here I see Two memories of a loved one who has left. In pink lace florals was...
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life The Wedding
The day of the wedding arrived and Chris was his usual calm self, while I on the other hand was quite nervous about meeting so many strangers. Chris...
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Captain Chaos and The Boy Blunder aka 'The Smithereens'.
You'll both be in a band one day called ‘The Smithereens’ and tour the world, smashing hotel rooms. Just as soon as you stop licking your brother's...
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Helping with the Bees
It's a hot day when I visit, I swat bluebottles away as I walk down the drive. Lightening bugs, ladybirds. You open the door slowly; Skin loose, skull huge, voice slurred.
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The A1 Crosses the River Swale
Somewhere in Yorkshire. After two hours of fossil-fuelled frenzy, On a tarmac torrent Of tyres, fumes, noise, One immaculately timed glance to the...
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life Seems So Long Ago
Names have been changed to protect identities. That weekend Chris and I had really got to know each other well, it was just a case of making a...
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Somewhere Not Quite Known
Some places have a feeling about them – “mystery” isn’t quite right, but there is a sense, even on the clearest day, that it’s impossible to see...
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life Tripping In The Woods
We came to a stop as Mark turned off the engine, then got out of the van. Sliding my side of the door back, I grabbed my rucksack and climbed out...
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The Songbird Shies from Yesterday's Sorrow
The agony of fearing one's past on a daily basis.
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Attic Portal
Clearing out the attic. What a journey.
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life Homeward Bound
The second I put the phone down, tears began to fill my eyes, pondering on my future. Here I was in Tenby with no money and nowhere to live. I'd told...
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14,000 mg
14,000 mg it seems like enough; the chalky shapes, gathered from middle-aged women, ‘just for my toothache, you know’. innocuous in my smiling...
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mimi
Back to front cover to cover Know your Bible Turn around turn around On your bloody mound All the time on a buzz Make funny sounds and noises See...
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Small comfort
It is so still, to speak would break the spell. Snowdrops scattered at hedge sides. (I don't remember that.) Trails of sky-snails smoke. Small...
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Bounded by...(North Bernica)
If I lived back here How would that be? Bound by the tides and Deep family history. Tethered, While stray buzzards prey overhead While gray dolphins...
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An Essay on Everest
(Please note cover image from free clipart - families climbing) (True story about yours truly) Many moons ago when I was about seven or eight years...
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life Things Aren't Always What They Seem
Seeing Maggie after such a long period of time, I wanted to give her a welcome hug like we used to do, but because of her stance which seemed...
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If she only knew (part 2)
We sat there for a few more moments with our foreheads together. Being hyper aware of her breath on my face and our fingers entwined, kept me...
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Leggings - Ma shows her daughter how too....
It fair silenced the morning chorus. (Picture by my older daughter (c) to her)
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If she only knew (part 1)
Very personal piece that tells about my first semester at college. Enjoy.
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Grandson. One Year On.
About a boy.
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Dear Diary Some Days In My Life Starting Over
There's not much I can recall about the train journey down to Tenby, but I do remember feeling apprehensive as I sat with my rucksack on the floor...
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Movies
I like to watch movies There's hundreds I've seen The colours, the sounds Big stars on the screen I like the fiction The escape from real life And...
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School Daze
Now I'm 5 I've got to go to school Arrrrrgh! look at the size of that big school hall All the others are so big and tall How could it be that I am so...
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A Tribute to Selby Logan
In Memory of Selby Logan ( 1934 – 2007 ) Pretoria , August 2007 (Originally) Thank-you for the privilege to speak on behalf of the Brown family. To...
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