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SEV 3
I was sixteen when I stole my brother, SEV’s, identity. I’d nipped into the lounge of the Glen Lusset and ordered a pint of lager. I was tall enough...
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SEV 2
My brother watched me playing for the Boy’s Guild on St Stephen’s gravel park. He stood under a tree with his mate Billy Quinn, both of them wearing...
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Pat Powell 1936—2014
Pat Powell 1936—2014 My da was over ten years older than Old Pat, but I asked my da if he knew him, and he gave a shake of his head and glowered. He...
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Stephen O’Donnell 1959—1995 [1]
I was living in the studio flat on Castle Street, when I heard the knock on the door. My eldest sister, Josephine, or Jo as we called her, was...
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Phyllis McFadden 1931-1986
I was twenty-three when my Auntie Phyllis died. She was fifty-five. I’m older now than she was when she died. Back then, in 1986, I thought anyone...
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we all need an escape route.
Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023
we all need an escape route.
Read full commentPosted in wising up
you've an eye for all the
Posted on Wed, 09 Aug 2023
you've an eye for all the unlovely creatures, Jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Shelter For The Weary
great turning point. very
Posted on Sat, 05 Aug 2023
great turning point. very believable.
Read full commentPosted in Simplicity meets its riddle
It's not as simple as we lost
Posted on Sat, 05 Aug 2023
It's not as simple as we lost the propaganda war, but sometimes it feels like it.
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true norh n my ways And that
Posted on Fri, 04 Aug 2023
true norh n my ways And that's praise.
Read full commentPosted in North of Taiga
I was saying much the same
Posted on Mon, 31 Jul 2023
I was saying much the same thiing today. Kids, a while back, jumping on a bouncy castle. It wasn't that I noticed. It was the snacks left melting in the sun. All kinds of chocolate and sweets adn sugary juice. In our day it would have been the...
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second life is no life. But I
Posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2023
second life is no life. But I guess people do opt out for various reasons. When we lose our memories we lose ourselves. That's why dementia is such a dreadful, perhaps the worst, disease.
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you've a creative eye, under
Posted on Wed, 02 Aug 2023
you've a creative eye, under the spring sky, jenny.
Read full commentPosted in Under Late Spring Sky
we've all got a Rebekkha.
Posted on Sat, 29 Jul 2023
we've all got a Rebekkha. Miine was Pauline Moriarity. Wow. she was a wow. Maybe she still is. I was never a wow. Beautifully done.
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poetry rains in torrents.
Posted on Wed, 26 Jul 2023
poetry rains in torrents. indeed Jenny it does.
Read full commentPosted in When All I Need Is Artistry
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