Opinion
Deskwork

I'm an institutional guy. I spent 55 consecutive years sitting at school desks or looking at others sit in those desks. Many a desk contained a heart...
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The Mystery.

This morning, as I was having my quiet time, before starting my day, suddenly my large dog started to dream, and it was clear by her actions that she...
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The Hug.

I was at my cousin’s house yesterday. She opened her mail when she came home from work, then she said, to me, “I’ve just opened a letter, it said, “...
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Perspective.

A few days ago, I had a lovely day at work, I had got lots done and was pleased with myself. The other person I was working with, they too had a good...
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Numbers Three, Four, Five, Six , Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten ......

Anyone who has had cats will know they bring home gifts. Why do they do that? Why don’t they just enjoy their catch in the garden? Its an age old...
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I Sigh, You Sigh.

I sigh He sighs. I sighed, he sighed, it was almost in unison. I sleep, you sleep. He can be happy; I can be happy too. I can feel pain, so can he. I...
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Exercising Independence
Let's talk about reading speed and speed reading. Speed reading seems to suggest that we read too slowly and need to pick up our velocity in order to...
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The Downfall Of Russia (The Madness of Tsar Putinplot!) by Alfred N.Muggins
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26/4/22 Vladimir Putinplot looks into a Crystal Ball, which he has acquired from a cave somewhere in the Ural Mountains. Apparently Genghis Khan once...
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No Gift Outright

In the mode of Hugh MacDiarmid’s reply to A E Housman’s Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries; taking The Gift Outright as its subject, with apology to Robert Frost. (Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
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A Crash Course, In Spider Training.

When I met Paul, he had lots of animals and pets, including rats, monitor lizard, very large cockroaches, a crow, a German shepherd, four large...
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