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Tom All Alone (6) (ii)
Mum stopped working at Gibney's and took another job cleaning at the pub where she and dad used to go in the evenings. On some days she took him with...
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Tom All Alone (6) (i)
Then there were days when different things happened. Days when dad would take him out on the lorry when he did forage deliveries around the city and...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Settling Up (ii)
A couple of days later, he came over again. He'd brought his copy of mum's key, so I now had them all. Four door keys in total, plus two for the back...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Settling Up (i)
Following the final day with the clearance at the bungalow, it's time to pay some bills. (continued from 'Final Day') The next day, I went into Walsh...
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Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Final Day
The final day of clearance at my mother's bungalow, following her death. Joanne, my niece, comes to help me as my brother has gone on holiday. Lottie...
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Someone should give her a
Posted on Tue, 03 Sep 2024
Someone should give her a rocket!
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And, according to figures I
Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2024
And, according to figures I saw recently, an ever-growing number of adults now get their news solely from TikTok. Who knows where that will lead...
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I agree with Claudine. It
Posted on Sun, 01 Sep 2024
I agree with Claudine. It does what poetry is supposed to do: explode something inside my head - a sense of recognition, understanding and agreement - but in a way that takes me time to think through and unravel. It says what I think, but in...
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Ain't that the tooth! A
Posted on Sat, 31 Aug 2024
Ain't that the tooth!
A short, off-beat tale to bring a smile to my face.
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Great to find these, Terrence
Posted on Mon, 26 Aug 2024
Great to find these writings, Terrence, after a long time away. They speak like my own voice in my own head. Unfortunately, sound is the BIG issue for me. I can pick up the tiniest. I have a new next-door neighbour who, sadly, has a TV the...
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'Our life is frittered away
Posted on Tue, 27 Aug 2024
'Our life is frittered away with detail. Simplify! Simplify!'
Henry David Thoreau
(as many have pointed out... one 'simplify' would have been enough, Henry!...
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Letter in The Times a couple
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Letter in The Times a couple of weeks ago:
Harriet Walter says that "there is nothing more depressing than a two-year-old in a buggy glued to a screen". I think that an adult pushing a buggy using a mobile phone and ignoring a...
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Yes, you're right. Any way
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Yes, you're right. Any way you look at it, it's not good. I don't know what the answers are. Once an avalanche starts falling, you can't stop it. It'll only stop when it's destroyed everything in its path, and hits the bottom, and runs out of...
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I try to remain hopeful. But
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
I try to remain hopeful. But when you see how it's all being driven by the race to the top, and that the gap between the growth of capabilities and the development of safety mechanisms is so huge (1,000 to 1), then it's easy to see how it can...
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Thanks, Di. I think the
Posted on Fri, 16 Aug 2024
Thanks, Di. I think the addiction is understandable. It's an essential part of the business model for these platforms - the so-called 'attention economy'. The saying in Silicon Valley is 'If you aren't paying for the product, you are...
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