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Ugly Puggly 15
I couldn’t get the electricity to work. I tried everything but paying for it. Flinging my arm around Dave’s shoulder in a rough clutch, he turned his...
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Ugly Puggly 14
Ugly Puggly’s room was messy and and stunk of urine and weak bleach. Clothes were piled on an unmade bed. A half-eaten bread roll in the bin. He...
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Ugly Puggly 13
I was in the depot and it was near knocking-off time. So I was trying to look busy by opening and shutting the back of the van doors, and skulking...
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Ugly Puggly 12
Ugly Puggly was a surprisingly good cook. By that I meant he could do more that toast and beans. He baked his own bread and could even do vegetarian...
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Ugly Puggly 11
The shopkeeper said he was very sorry to hear about Agnes. ‘Cheers,’ I could never mind his name. I’d called him Raj, when I was drunk and he smiled...
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the light in spite of
Posted on Tue, 28 Nov 2023
the light in spite of everything is still alive in you and dusk.
Read full commentPosted in at dusk today
asymptomatic, Jean, you're
Posted on Thu, 30 Nov 2023
asymptomatic, Jean, you're almost normal. whatever that means. it sounds good.
Read full commentPosted in Friendly Fire
a murder of crows is such a
Posted on Sun, 26 Nov 2023
a murder of crows is such a wonderfully apt description. you take it and fly.
Read full commentPosted in A Murder of Crows (Transcendence)
Great read, but the ending
Posted on Tue, 21 Nov 2023
Great read, but the ending had me confused. With the reference to Marley and Mary, it had me wondering if the narrator was a dog. And I was missing something. (Not unsual in my case).
Read full commentPosted in Those We Leave Behind
the not so rich and the
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
the not so rich and the famous, including you too Turlough. No statues yet, but let that not be a regret. Feed the ducks and prosper. You're the right side of the turf.
Read full commentPosted in Patrick Kavanagh and Me
who knows? But we'll all find
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
who knows? But we'll all find out in the less than gentle night.
Read full commentPosted in Do Not Go Gentle Into That Dark Night
that seems true, to you and
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
that seems true, to you and me, and so many others that yearn to be free and write a great novel or two, or even one would do. Barely noticed, but sitting on a shelf, itself, something.
Read full commentPosted in To see the day of light
the side effects of the side
Posted on Sat, 18 Nov 2023
the side effects of the side affects are always the killer. Then I guess everything is. I feel I shouldn't say I enjoy reading your dispatches from the front line, but I do. Hallucinations are always interesting.
Read full commentPosted in Chemo2 - session 3
it rocks Jenny
Posted on Fri, 17 Nov 2023
it rocks Jenny
Read full commentPosted in Analogy Of Adventure
you've nailed it. Don't know
Posted on Thu, 16 Nov 2023
you've nailed it. Don't know if that helps?
Read full commentPosted in Anxiety
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