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Ugly Puggly 92
It wasn’t often I was glad to get out and go to an AA meeting—it didn’t matter where it was, I’d have went—but I was glad to get out the house. I...
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Ugly Puggly 91
I slept for a few hours, haunted by the ghost of Bradley Walsh, or I might just have left the telly on. But I gave up and got up about six. Molly was...
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Ugly Puggly 90
Molly didn’t get up and say she was an alcoholic. She seemed content just to blend in and listen. She was no longer an AA virgin. I remembered the...
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Ugly Puggly 89
Wee Jim turned up earlier than I liked. But I shouldn’t have been surprised. He was always early. Molly made him a cup of tea while I got ready. I...
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Ugly Puggly 88
I’d put on an old pair of my pyjamas. But I had to cinch them tighter at the waist when I went to bed. Cotton and thin stripes reminded me of the way...
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I'd rather take my chances
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2024
I'd rather take my chances with science and a testing of the null-hypothesis. That means researchers try and prove something doesn't work. When they conclude that something does work, they ask further questions and begin anew. Try reading Carl...
Read full commentPosted in Why I'm a consistent and unabashed 'anti-vaxxer'
trains from Victorian times,
Posted on Wed, 18 Dec 2024
trains from Victorian times, Victorian lines criss-crossing the world. They still rule in some continents. The dinosaurs may return?
Read full commentPosted in They Seem To Be Alive (re-write)
settling in. Old
Posted on Tue, 17 Dec 2024
settling in. Old establishment and toilet paper. These are the things that made us great.
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birds are amazing, living
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
birds are amazing, living poetry but much better.
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Happy is relative unless we
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
Happy is relative unless we're children when it is absolute. Lots of love here.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Christmas (ii)
love is in the details.
Posted on Sun, 15 Dec 2024
love is in the details. Wonderful.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Christmas (i)
Ariel has wings, but I'm not
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2024
Ariel has wings, but I'm not so sure she can play minature golf.
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Wonderful storytelling. The
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2024
Wonderful storytelling. The sense of truth lies within.
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wonderfully evocative. A real
Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2024
wonderfully evocative. A real Christmas treat (although it doesn't have to be Christmas).
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wonderful writing. We do know
Posted on Fri, 13 Dec 2024
wonderful writing. We do know. We do know.
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