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Ugly Puggly 74
We did a lot of crying in the kitchen, in the living room and even in the bedroom. Dave got my bedroom. And Molly let me sleep beside her and cuddled...
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Ugly Puggly 73
They say when your near death your life rushes up to meet you. I’d a memory of being tamped down like a new bit of turf on top of another body. He...
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Ugly Puggly 72
Ugly Puggly’s house was familiar and unfamiliar as an aged aunt. We crept up four stairs near the door, looking and listening like kids learning the...
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Ugly Puggly 71
Rain bounced off pavements and roads, but it had mostly stopped when I caught up with Ugly Puggly. I didn’t have a jacket on and was drookit and...
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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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I sense an ending. Not that I
Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025
I sense an ending. Not that I've got any sense to spare. I've got even less emotional range than a robot, but, of course, more than a Tory, or god help us, a Trumpet.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 49
aye, it's of the I don't
Posted on Fri, 17 Jan 2025
aye, it's of the I don't believe in ghosts but I'm still scared of them variety. seeing things.
Read full commentPosted in The Golden Fleece (Ghost Walk) Part Two of Two
I've been out looking for
Posted on Thu, 16 Jan 2025
I've been out looking for Spencer. Alas no sucess. But I did find a charging cable. Maybe he has been here.
robots, cybors, chatgbt and pattern-recognition software such as Fakebook tend to give advice. Shampoo bottles don't. [edit your...
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for You - Part 48
sorry about your sorrow, if
Posted on Sat, 11 Jan 2025
sorry about your sorrow, if that makes sense?
Read full commentPosted in "Silence"
A sad ending.
Posted on Wed, 08 Jan 2025
A sad ending.
Read full commentPosted in "Before They Call, I Will Answer, While They Are Still Speaking, I Will Hear." Part Five.
There's a few statues of me
Posted on Tue, 07 Jan 2025
There's a few statues of me lying around somewhere. They've came to resemble very large rocks, but I don't mind. A statute of Jimmy Johnson outside Parkhead is awful. I guess what you're saying is about quality. We're agreed on that. Statutes of...
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It is an unholy land full of
Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025
It is an unholy land full of genocidial hate. No surprise the king of Persia would be regarded as a Palestinian refugee and jailed.
Read full commentPosted in Sojourn In Palestine (Welcome To Palestine!) by Alfred N.Muggins : Part 2
'I'd like to teach the world
Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025
'I'd like to teach the world to sing'. That was an old Coke advert and the song went to number 1 (when number 1 was a big thing). Companies pay hundreds of thousands. No surprises.
Read full commentPosted in Childhood.
lots of people hate pigeons.
Posted on Sun, 05 Jan 2025
lots of people hate pigeons. call them flying rats. But I'm with you on that one. A bit of compassion.
Read full commentPosted in Feed The Birds, Tuppence A Bag.
As always, I really like this
Posted on Sat, 04 Jan 2025
As always, I really like this re-telling. It stands out.
Read full commentPosted in Gift: A Son's Story (extract) - Photographs
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