Ewan
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Ewan Lawrie
The picture is me signing copies of my novel, Gibbous House at Unbound Books HQ in Islington by the canal.
My stories
"I Thought I'd Do Something About the Tropes Instead" [Mr Martinez Part Twenty Seven]
Some people have no small talk... image source Pikist CC4.0 licence
Lunacy
A poem about 18 lines long. Now you know. Image source tumbler. No known copyright issues.
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"At Least I Didn't Whistle" [Mr Martinez Part Twenty Six]
Short and bitter (like me)... Image author's own terrible photography.
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"Somewhere Full of Guiris" [Mr Martínez Twenty Five]
The Wild Rover Irish Pub in Barcelona is a much better place than I've made it sound, or at least it was when I was last there around 10 years ago. Image is a detail from a blog post illustration and has no copyright issues: source is https://www.barcrawlbarcelona.com/top-10-pubs-in-barcelona/
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"You Can Keep The Scissors"[Mister Martínez part twenty-four]
Like Martínez, I'm still moving, so I'm still living. Image source Google Maps 2015. Think we're ok. No Coke-fiends at the Cafe as far as I know.
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I know,
Posted on Thu, 15 Feb 2018
it's hard to judge what to use, isn't it? I think it's the Puritan roots of the Mayflower arrivals......
Read full commentPosted in Pins (1)
This interesting piece,
Posted on Mon, 15 Jan 2018
for trying something different, for looking different, for being different, is our Facebook and Twitter Pick of the Day. Why not share or retweet it if you like it too.
Image source is...
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Clearly
Posted on Thu, 04 Jan 2018
You have done some research. However, the RPI changed its name in 1883, or rather reopened under another name that year.
"In September 1881, the Royal Polytechnic Institution closed, marking a transition to new ownership and a new era...
Read full commentPosted in The Second World War: PART 1 - Roger Farrier - Dunkirk (1940) #2
Woof! Woof!
Posted on Tue, 26 Dec 2017
Gold digger alert! We men are such fools, I imagine Donald believes Melania finds him irresistible, (just like Ivana and Marla did too).
Interesting piece.
best
Ewan
Read full commentPosted in Narcissistic
This
Posted on Mon, 18 Dec 2017
is definitely the area to mine for your writing. Convincing; it certainly had me in the classroom (probably in a disappearing seat).
Upbeat and uplifting and at this time of year, why not?
Best
Ewan
Read full commentPosted in Ralph and Big Dave
Thank
Posted on Thu, 23 Nov 2017
you for the roses.
This is artfully done. For me it would be even better if you didn't give the answer to the riddle in the poem itself.
Lovely imagery and phrase-making.
Best
Ewan
Read full commentPosted in My Lady Of Damask
Really liked this.
Posted on Wed, 08 Nov 2017
However, it needs a good "going at" for punctuation. Or you could not punctuate at all and leave everything in lower case, which might well suit the content. The problem is that some punctuation is worse (in terms of meaning) than none. One thing...
Read full commentPosted in City Breath
I see
Posted on Thu, 26 Oct 2017
what Jack means.
"beyond make-do-and-mend"
or even
"beyond make-do-and-mending"
I like this.
Best
Ewan
Read full commentPosted in Broken
Truly
Posted on Wed, 18 Oct 2017
outstanding writing. As allusive (and perhaps elusive) as a long poem by Eliot. I'll be reading this over and over today picking out all the references.
You have a typo
Read full comment"When at home, I read a book every day...
Posted in The Black Book Restored: Fragments 1A to 33 (second half)
Splendid.
Posted on Thu, 12 Oct 2017
I think Jack's picked up on a couple of things, (I admit I didn't notice them).
It's interesting that you chose to write "risen mounds". If there is some idea of autonomy here, fair enough. I like the idea that they've risen like loaves....
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