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Remember Me As I Was.
Oatmeal for breakfast on a Monday, served lukewarm or cold. I chewed slowly, the plastic tray on his lap as I sat on my bunk. Grey food, slop, you...
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Archie McDougall 5/7/1958-12/5/2021. RIP.
My brother, Bod, phoned to tell me Archie was dead. It was quick. I rolled out the platitudes. He was his pal, much more than mine. Archie only came...
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Sooz 9
The best place for a walk in Clydebank was down by the Clydeside. Eddie could get out from under his wife’s feet and take a dander down to Cable...
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Robert Hulcup 1933-2003, RIP.
Daft Rab’s bedroom was above mine, and his brother Freddie’s bedroom was above my sister’s room. Two middle-aged men, our Laurel and Hardy, adults we...
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Sooz 8
Eddie was half-pissed after four pints. He been drinking and not sleeping. Badger flung them back and went up to the bar for more as if he’d taken a...
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I like your meditation.
Posted on Sun, 26 Sep 2021
I like your meditation.
Read full commentPosted in River Of Awareness
time waits for no man, indeed
Posted on Thu, 23 Sep 2021
time waits for no man, indeed. Flora and fauna they are a diffrent beast.
Read full commentPosted in Giant Redwoods
pattering down in a world of
Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021
pattering down in a world of enrichment.
Read full commentPosted in Musings At A Lakeside Idyll
I guess that's the difference
Posted on Wed, 22 Sep 2021
I guess that's the difference. I didn't dream about being a journallist. Or going to university. We just fell off the end of school and whatever was there. And it wasn't much. Job Creatiion. Don't knock it, I loved it. Met some great guys. Didn't...
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All Hallow and Holy indeed.
Posted on Sun, 19 Sep 2021
All Hallow and Holy indeed. It does feel like the end of the year, with daylight disappearing. I guess I should be used to it be now.
Read full commentPosted in Autumn
memory brings us down to dust
Posted on Sat, 18 Sep 2021
memory brings us down to dust and rust, yet holds us up too.
Read full commentPosted in It's All Over Now
I guess the truth is in the
Posted on Sun, 19 Sep 2021
I guess the truth is in the pudding.
Read full commentPosted in Jenny's Pies
great story.
Posted on Fri, 17 Sep 2021
great story.
Read full commentPosted in Ghosts (Part Two)
nice surprise, but not of the
Posted on Fri, 17 Sep 2021
nice surprise, but not of the good kind, at the end.
Read full commentPosted in Ghosts (Part One)
aye, funny to think, in an
Posted on Sat, 11 Sep 2021
aye, funny to think, in an unfunny way, Ireland's population was once 8 million. This ends here, bet it doesnae.
Read full commentPosted in Troubles
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