Autobiography

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The garden of earthly preoccupation

Guilt is sunning itself in the garden. Upturned plates on supermarket steaks deny the flies, whom, I’m convinced, would indulge, given half a chance...

Love is Forever

Love is Forever when I look at my sister visiting me from Hamilton, Ontario and I am very happy. She has had more than a few challenges through the...

Yachta Mache - 13

My sister, Judy, came to visit in June, and as she was very nervous about the whole thing, she talked one of her friends into coming with her. They...

The George on Holyport Green and a special Landlord

I first met Ray Binding when I went into his pub, The George on Holyport Green . He was a small man with a cherubic face whom his daughter likened to...

A TALE OF SIMPLE COUNTRY FOLK AND A PAIR OF LONDON TOWNIES

On Sunday 17 th July 2016 the other half and me set out for exploration of the Beds/Bucks countryside. We were actually aiming for St Barnabas Church...

Yachta Mache - 12

Kathy was the first of us to get married. Her wedding to Dan was the 23 rd of April, and she asked me to play the organ. I had been playing the...
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A Voyage Through London

London Competition entry.

Yachta Mache - 11

We were applying for jobs by this stage of the year. Our work would finish on July 15 th , and we would be ready to go to a new job by the beginning...
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Yachta Mache - 10

I mentioned before the man who had written poetry for me – Hector, although at this stage I hadn't realised it had been written by him. Around this...
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Hands

Your hands were huge, Thumbs thick, Hairs sprouting from Knuckles. It is raining as we drive And the tyres make Immediately forgotten tracks Through...