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A Home Made Soup (words 5891)
There are these days¦Long days, when the sun is bright and the air a scented, brilliant blue; birds are singing and the ice cream men give their odd musical vans one final extra special clean with a sponge dunked in a bucket of hot soapy water because they know business is going to be good on days like these.
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H/ The Ticket Collector
ch 20, 21, 22 (1200)
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D/ The Ticket Collector
Chapters 10, 11, 12 (1000 words)
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C/ The Ticket Collector
Ch 7, 8, 9 (1500 words)
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Ray Stubbs' Insomnia
RAY STUBBS' INSOMNIA Can't sleep. I get dressed and go for a walk along the Albert Embankment, heading for St Thomas' Hospital in Waterloo. Really, I...
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I liked this Luigi -- pretty
Posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2021
I liked this Luigi -- pretty sure a lot of people out there will feel the same.
I always loved that quote from Philip K Dick: “There will come a time when it isn't: 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore'. Eventually, it will be...
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A joy to read. Skilfully done
Posted on Tue, 16 Mar 2021
A joy to read. Skilfully done too.
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Brilliantly funny. Superb.
Posted on Mon, 15 Feb 2021
Brilliantly funny. Superb.
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Hence me forgetting to gild
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
Hence me forgetting to gild the cherry! Sorry. Lovely poem. Sparked a lot of memories for me too and I like it when something I read does that.
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This evocative take on a trip
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
This evocative take on a trip to view the Taj Mahal is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Please do like and share!
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I desperately want to go back
Posted on Mon, 08 Feb 2021
I desperately want to go back to India now and spend a couple of months exploring again. Beautiful poem.
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Yeah, I was looking into
Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Yeah, I was looking into doing a trek across a section of the Alps before you know what happened. One day!
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Lovely poem. I was 19 when I
Posted on Thu, 28 Jan 2021
Lovely poem. I was 19 when I first saw the alps. I'll never forget it. You've captured that feeling here.
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Very lucky. I did Rajasthan
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Very lucky. I did Rajasthan and then down to Goa (Arambol) for Christmas and New Year with friends (full moon parties!). I then decided I wanted alone time and travelled back up to Varanasi to watch the funeral pyres (moody). I found a room that...
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This is brilliant. I spent
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
This is brilliant. I spent three months in India. It's my favourite country by far and I'm determined to go back. You've really captured it here, especially the little details. The story bubbling underneath gives it real life. Nice one.
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