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Tom All Alone 14 (iii)
Tom's class was a large, bright room next to the assembly hall. Like the hall, it had windows all along one side, but looking out over the playground...
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Tom All Alone 14 (ii)
They were all herded into the large assembly hall first. It was filled with sunlight from the windows that ran along the outside walls. Through them...
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Tom All Alone 14 (i)
The end of their holiday usually meant a return to normal. But not this time. Now, it was all about change. A couple of weeks afterwards, dad started...
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5. Secondhand Prose
What it says, really. A piece from years ago that I've rewritten to fit with something new. Next morning, I sat down with a pot of coffee and rolled...
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Thanks, Jack. I do, too. I
Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026
Thanks, Jack. I do, too. I know what he's going through!
I'm conscious of trying not to make this too mawkish and 'poor me'. I've condensed the time-frames a bit, but not much. Most of this happened over the space of about 4 years. The...
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Thanks, Kat. Yes, this was
Posted on Tue, 09 Jun 2026
Thanks, Kat. Yes, this was mid-60s. My aunt and uncle had one of the brand new council flats that were starting to replace the old streets that were coming down. It was like walking into a palace.
I remember that dinner so vividly....
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I've always had struggles
Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026
I've always had struggles around people, to a greater or lesser degree. Part of the ASC, as I now realise. But I enjoyed the work in my last few years there - in social care. I got out of the care side after Covid (managed to work all through...
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Stress can affect the health
Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026
Stress can affect the health in so many ways, Kat. I've had PTSD in the past - once so bad (and, ironically, following on incident in adulthood that echoed the '3s' problem I've recently recorded in 'Tom All Alone') that I was unable to go out...
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I hope, too, this is not
Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026
I hope, too, this is not about you, Kat. I didn't read it that way at first, I admit.
Sorry that you've been so down, Jenny. I wouldn't worry about making people feel down, though. If it helps to write it out and post it, it's honest. And...
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Ha ha! It's a conversation I
Posted on Sat, 06 Jun 2026
Ha ha! It's a conversation I have, too! All those years of fitness and healthy eating (which I still maintain as much as I can) - so where did that paunch come from, those veins?
More seriously, I wasn't sure of the Attwood connection, so...
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Thanks, Kat. It's one of the
Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026
Thanks, Kat. It's one of the reasons I've always supported the underdog in any situation. I think being a bit of an outsider yourself is always helpful in that sense. You see things 'looking in' that you can't always see when right there in the...
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Thanks, Claudine. Even though
Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026
Thanks, Claudine. Even though that happened over 60 years ago, that day is as fresh in my mind as if it was last week. This account is pretty much verbatim. It was a defining moment in many ways - like a trauma that still gets triggered if I make...
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Thanks, Makis. Seems there
Posted on Tue, 02 Jun 2026
Thanks, Makis. Seems there were some sadistic teachers about in those days. Heirs of Mr Gradgrind. I sometimes wonder if that was part of her reason for being in the profession. I know from care work that there are still those attracted to it for...
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Intimations of something else
Posted on Sun, 31 May 2026
Intimations of something else here. Nicely suggested.
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