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Big People, Small Island, Small Boats.
Malky phoned me to come and have a pint. I was surprised he was still alive. He was a wee guy with the fuzz of a ginger beard. He dressed funny, even...
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Goatie 8
The prison governor came to see me in my cell. Late forties, bags under his eyes, dressed in a grey suit. ‘I don’t know what you’ve been doing, or...
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Goatie 7
The Securicor Guard is mid-thirties, dark eyes, high cheekbones, and Roman nose. ‘They were going to ship you to Peterhead, but it’s too much hassle...
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Goatie 6
The cells below the station. A place of grey and dark colours. Banging doors and the shouts of ‘Turnkey, Turnkey’ and the stink of a dog fight to the...
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Goatie 5
All of a sudden your life is not what it was. Your brain does its best to catch up. I don’t know what’s happening. I feel like greeting, or giving...
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there's something familiar
Posted on Thu, 20 Mar 2025
there's something familiar about this. Lessons we need to learn about ourselves. Well done.
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we could insert. one of them
Posted on Wed, 19 Mar 2025
we could insert. one of them writing.
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a nice wee turn in words and
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2025
a nice wee turn in words and outside.
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Ah Cedric. I think I know him
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Ah Cedric. I think I know him. I've got a 'friend' that also says he's not a serial killer. I often wonder where my sister went...
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lovely tale. We've got swans
Posted on Tue, 11 Mar 2025
lovely tale. We've got swans followed by pigeons on the canal path. Same thing. They're being fed by householders that face the canal. So they just jump up and walk across.
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wolfish wisdom. I'd vote for
Posted on Sat, 08 Mar 2025
wolfish wisdom. I'd vote for it.
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Liam Brady had perhaps the
Posted on Fri, 07 Mar 2025
Liam Brady had perhaps the best left foot I'd ever seen but Gadaffi was a better left-winger. Wonder where they all are now?
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I thought that was one in a
Posted on Tue, 04 Mar 2025
I thought that was one in a million. I pass cows on my bike. I'm going to put a cow-shearer on the front wheel.
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Cedric is the one other. He
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Cedric is the one other. He makes for confilct, which is always good, but only in fiction. I'm waffling like Spencer. Maybe I should email Annie too.
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water strider do need
Posted on Fri, 28 Feb 2025
water strider do need watchful eyes.
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