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Depression
I am what I am not That’s what I’ve been taught The timekeeper in my head keeps each tick of the day He feeds me guilt pain on not going away, again...
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dog days.
The washing machine sloshed and whirled, the edge of the dog blanket appeared and tumbled in on itself, before going into the spin cycle making the...
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What did Jesus do? 4
Peter the Apostle brought a more to life than life attitude and his faith was like flying fish. He couldn’t sit on his arse for a minute. We lit a...
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What did Jesus do? 3
My dad used to tell everybody how smart I was. He used to show me off, tell me to memorise things like long poems that rhymed. (And that was no crime...
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What did Jesus do? 2
‘Jeez, wae the electricity, all the stuff in the freezer will go aff.’ Ian ran his fingers through his hair. And he pouted. His beard was patchy,...
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tragic, like you I don't have
Posted on Sat, 01 Dec 2018
tragic, like you I don't have an answer. Poverty, not morals is the key. We use the latter as a scapegoat, a standared practice by, for example, Jenhovah Witnesses to get a foot in the door, is to say how much worse the world is getting. They've...
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watch, learn, pay attention.
Posted on Mon, 16 Aug 2021
watch, learn, pay attention. A mantra I wish, I wish, I could.
Read full commentPosted in Naples: balcony overlooking Via Firenza
group hug and the longest wee
Posted on Tue, 08 Jun 2021
group hug and the longest wee in history. Go girl. Great story.
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It is a heavy burden your
Posted on Wed, 14 Apr 2021
It is a heavy burden your words carry with grace.
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I didn't like my dad. You
Posted on Thu, 14 Jan 2021
I didn't like my dad. You always get that assertion dressed as a question, aye, but you must have loved him? No. The strange thing is every year that passes I get more like him. This too will pass is the obvious piece of advice. But there's no...
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to teach them a lesson.. Yeh
Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2020
to teach them a lesson.. Yeh, that about sums up genocide.
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lovely. words that bewitch.
Posted on Wed, 22 Apr 2020
lovely. words that bewitch. images that travel. wisdom in poetic form.
Read full commentPosted in I Want To Tell You Things
I did read a couple of posts
Posted on Wed, 25 Mar 2020
I did read a couple of posts about Charles and Camilla. And a story in The Guardian (so it must be true) that they didn't jump any hospital queues. They are 71 and 72. I almost feel sorry for the future king and his consort. It wasn't that long...
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oh, well, as long as you don
Posted on Sat, 14 Dec 2019
oh, well, as long as you don't talk about politics...
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children's language is a
Posted on Sun, 28 Jul 2019
children's language is a thing of joy.
Read full commentPosted in West Wales
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