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Ugly Puggly 70
When I drew up in the van outside Molly’s house, we rushed the close door, which was jammed open, and galloped upstairs using our elbows to gain...
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Ugly Puggly 69
I drove home. Molly, in the passenger seat beside me, rocked backwards and forwards clutching her stomach and urging me to hurry. But the traffic...
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Ugly Puggly 68
We drove back along the way we came. The nearest petrol station was just off Crow Road. The engine chugged and wheezed before it cut out. I flicked...
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Ugly Puggly 67
Molly had a hand draped over my shoulder as we sat in the back of the Bongo. Her musty perfume stirred me up. She dressed like we were going for a...
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Ugly Puggly 66
I stumbled past ranks of wilting bracken and tepid water turning green with algae. Tenement buildings in straight lines and a clutter of housing...
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a delight, apart from Jacob
Posted on Fri, 21 Jul 2023
a delight, apart from Jacob-Rees Mogg, obviously.
Read full commentPosted in Our Man in Golubac
I'll put off the place of
Posted on Wed, 19 Jul 2023
I'll put off the place of rest, as for the rest you've covered it.
Read full commentPosted in In A Place Of Respite
a fish could become a dragon
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023
a fish could become a dragon--could happen. You made it happen.
Read full commentPosted in Dragon Gate
I'm reading about Babi Yar. A
Posted on Mon, 17 Jul 2023
I'm reading about Babi Yar. A different kind of obssession with food. But we all need to eat. That's what makes us human as you show with a nice slice of humour.
Read full commentPosted in Shadowy Visions Of The Past
living beyond is often beyond
Posted on Sat, 08 Jul 2023
living beyond is often beyond imaginatioin. Well done for taking us there.
Read full commentPosted in (This Life) Part 10 – Chapter 1: The Dream Catcher’s Tale
Enjoyed your poem. I'm no
Posted on Wed, 12 Jul 2023
Enjoyed your poem. I'm no archeologist, but I've often heard the theory of Red Castle is becasue running out of grey paint castle is too much of a mouthful, in Welsh or Scot's.
Read full commentPosted in Castell Coch (Red Castle)
I thought it was a goat.
Posted on Tue, 11 Jul 2023
I thought it was a goat.
Read full commentPosted in Every Picture Tells A Story
brids are beauty in action,
Posted on Tue, 04 Jul 2023
brids are beauty in action, as you show.
Read full commentPosted in It's Too Late For Things Missed
if I'd be writing this I'd
Posted on Fri, 07 Jul 2023
if I'd be writing this I'd have made your dad dying as a hoax to get you home. Reality. That's a different story. Wonderful storytelling.
Read full commentPosted in Miss Australia 1978 – Part Four of Four
thnaks Turlough. I can write
Posted on Thu, 06 Jul 2023
thnaks Turlough. I can write posh, Kilsyth even. But you can't take a non-reader to the good book, unless it's the Bible droning over theiir head.
Thanks Sooz, needs work, but as we know get the bones down. .
Read full commentPosted in Goatie 17
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