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The Fire Brigade

By Tom Brown on Sat, 12 Apr 2025

Unsung Heroes Firemen are of great courage, and of all emergency and dangerous professions fire fighting is noblest. They save lives while the others...

Autobiography

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Dear Dudes

By Tom Brown on Fri, 11 Apr 2025

Dear Dude, other Uncle Dude and other Aunty Dude. As you know our mother was deceased in 2019 and up until now 2025, we have yet not received not any...

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Sleeping Late

By Tom Brown on Wed, 26 Mar 2025

Oh how I hate to get up in the morning, oh how I love to remain in bed, the hardest thing of all is to hear the bugler call, You got'to get up, you...

Autobiography

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Admissions Ward

By Tom Brown on Sat, 01 Mar 2025

do you drink? bit early in the morning just a quick double oh. two sugar one milk for me thanks what does this mean? … people in grass houses must...

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The black dog

Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025

Mother of hang-overs, or ever had your head in the black dog's jaws and swear with every vow and curse never to touch the stuff again, only next night and soon forgotten and to just start again. That is the insanity of it.

Or find yourself...

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brilliant humour!

Posted on Thu, 23 Oct 2025

This must be story of the month or something! Must be hard, I mean you can stop drinking and stop smoking even stop cursing but you can't stop eating!

All the best, better to be fat and jolly than fat and miserable! Tom

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To see the Light

Posted on Tue, 21 Oct 2025

In the beginning was light, and the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness could not overcome it.

You don't need a flashlight to see the Sun!

Cheers Luigi! Tom

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a very expensive restaurant

Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2025

It is a very expensive restaurant leave the kids at home for a night of romance!

See you! Tom

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The Ivory Tower

Posted on Thu, 04 Apr 2024

THE IVORY TOWER

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I found that too

Posted on Sun, 12 Oct 2025

I found that too Rhiannon, some song, poetry or hymns with such very beuatiful lovely words and without you really understanding as being too young, with insight actually understanding came only much later, with maturity. Think e.g. Of the...

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pure poetry!

Posted on Tue, 07 Oct 2025

Most of us write poetry that is prose, you write prose that is poetry!

Beautiful! Tom

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Great idea

Posted on Sun, 05 Oct 2025

Great idea, like Dire Straights "I'm going fishing!"

Some peace and quiet! Tom

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heartbreaking

Posted on Wed, 01 Oct 2025

Terrible stories. Young women and mothers caught in a trap like this and it is just too, too common.

If you are going through hell, keep on going. I predict you will be getting a lot of comments on this story.

All the best. Tom

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Jacaranda City

Posted on Wed, 01 Oct 2025

In October the whole city Pretoria becomes the famous Purple Spectacle, wth the thousands of Jacaranda trees. Spring and Summer! Had our first rains just the other day.

Good poem Rob! Liked the "No need for a radio" idea!

All the...