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On Achill Island
What good’s a house without a penny whistle?
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Quiz of the Week
For this quiz you will need to wear one of the uniforms used by most proper quiz contestants. This could be large matching jumpers (for an older...
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Nursery R-AI-me
Nonsense verse, or is it? Not created using any form of AI. Image is not created by Old McDonald and has no AI input.
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First Time Fathers
First Time Fathers By Paul McCann Before men were fathers, they were unaware of many things about themselves that would soon present when they would...
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The Less Miserables Cross a Line (2)
Two weeks later, Officer Daniels showed up alone. Not in his cruiser—on foot, walking across the lot in his uniform, hands visible and empty. The...
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The Less Miserables Cross a Line (1)
The Sharpie was still warm in Tanner's pocket when the cop car rolled past. He watched it go—slow, deliberate, the officer's head turning to scan the...
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Last Week's Oranges
In our local book club last week, we had a quiz, to kick things off. The book club theme was Oranges, so the quiz had 9 purported titles. You had to mark the ones you thought were real books, who wrote them, if you marked them as books. Others were films, LP- I mean albums, or other cultural things. One was a red herring. (Should have been orange, eh?) Last Week's Oranges. Now, that answer is a real one. [Image source Wikipedia Commons placed in the public domain by Downtowngal ]
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Prologue - The Introduction
One night, as Anna is taking the trash out, she stumbles upon a weird machine that she figures is a time-travel machine. She inspects the machine a bit, but when she loses hope in its functionality she abandons it and goes to play PJSK, falling asleep, not realizing she is in for a ride.
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Easy.
Easy. Today is the first of five days I will be with Mum; it is my turn. Mum is now 90 years old and has dementia. Thankfully Mum knows us, but if...
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Dirt.
Dirt. You can always learn something new every day. Last week, I was listening to Premier Christian Radio, and I heard something on there, that I had...
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